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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Saikaku
Clean Name Saikaku
Feature ID 5279
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 73.70 °
Southmost Latitude 72.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 174.80 °
Westmost Longitude 177.80 °
Diameter 88.00 km
Center Latitude 72.90 °
Center Longitude 176.30 °
Northmost Latitude 72.81 °
Southmost Latitude 70.97 °
Eastmost Longitude 174.86 °
Westmost Longitude 181.02 °
Diameter 64.06 km
Center Latitude 71.89 °
Center Longitude 178.00 °
Northmost Latitude 72.88 °
Southmost Latitude 71.02 °
Eastmost Longitude 174.96 °
Westmost Longitude 180.98 °
Diameter 64.00 km
Center Latitude 71.96 °
Center Longitude 177.97 °
Quad H-01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Asia
Culture Japan
Origin Ihara; Japanese novelist and poet (1642-1693).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 13, 2016 10:00 AM

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