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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Couperin
Clean Name Couperin
Feature ID 1324
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 29.90 °
Southmost Latitude 29.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 150.30 °
Westmost Longitude 152.60 °
Diameter 80.00 km
Center Latitude 29.80 °
Center Longitude 151.40 °
Northmost Latitude 30.67 °
Southmost Latitude 28.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 150.83 °
Westmost Longitude 152.98 °
Diameter 79.44 km
Center Latitude 29.74 °
Center Longitude 151.90 °
Northmost Latitude 30.67 °
Southmost Latitude 28.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 150.77 °
Westmost Longitude 153.12 °
Diameter 80.00 km
Center Latitude 29.74 °
Center Longitude 151.94 °
Quad H-03 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Francois; French composer (1688-1733).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 07, 2016 3:59 PM

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