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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ts'ao Chan
Clean Name Ts ao Chan
Feature ID 6118
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -13.40 °
Southmost Latitude -13.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 140.70 °
Westmost Longitude 143.30 °
Diameter 110.00 km
Center Latitude -13.40 °
Center Longitude 142.00 °
Northmost Latitude -12.04 °
Southmost Latitude -14.62 °
Eastmost Longitude 140.87 °
Westmost Longitude 143.52 °
Diameter 109.97 km
Center Latitude -13.33 °
Center Longitude 142.19 °
Northmost Latitude -12.02 °
Southmost Latitude -14.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 141.02 °
Westmost Longitude 143.67 °
Diameter 110.00 km
Center Latitude -13.31 °
Center Longitude 142.35 °
Quad H-07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Asia
Ethnicity China
Origin Chinese writer (c. 1715-1763).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 14, 2016 9:53 AM

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