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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Chao Meng-Fu
Clean Name Chao Meng Fu
Feature ID 1140
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -87.10 °
Southmost Latitude -87.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 93.10 °
Westmost Longitude 175.30 °
Diameter 167.00 km
Center Latitude -87.30 °
Center Longitude 134.20 °
Northmost Latitude -86.67 °
Southmost Latitude -89.52 °
Eastmost Longitude 0.00 °
Westmost Longitude 360.00 °
Diameter 140.72 km
Center Latitude -88.42 °
Center Longitude 156.36 °
Northmost Latitude -86.33 °
Southmost Latitude -89.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 88.66 °
Westmost Longitude 177.71 °
Diameter 128.65 km
Center Latitude -87.85 °
Center Longitude 133.19 °
Quad H-15 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Asia
Ethnicity China
Origin Chinese painter and calligrapher (1254-1322).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 21, 2013 7:44 AM

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