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Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Beagle Rupes on Mercury

Beagle Rupes

Feature Name	Beagle Rupes
Clean Name	Beagle Rupes
Feature ID	14390
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	2.27 °
Southernmost Latitude	-7.41 °
Easternmost Longitude	253.73 °
Westernmost Longitude	256.17 °
Diameter	630.00 km
Center Latitude	-1.90 °
Center Longitude	258.89 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((106.27 -7.41, 103.83 -7.41, 103.83 2.27, 106.27 2.27, 106.27 -7.41)))
Northernmost Latitude	2.20 °
Southernmost Latitude	-7.49 °
Easternmost Longitude	253.70 °
Westernmost Longitude	259.47 °
Diameter	630.00 km
Center Latitude	-3.22 °
Center Longitude	259.24 °
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Northernmost Latitude	2.24 °
Southernmost Latitude	-7.51 °
Easternmost Longitude	253.59 °
Westernmost Longitude	259.34 °
Diameter	630.89 km
Center Latitude	-3.43 °
Center Longitude	259.28 °
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Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Great Britain
Quad	H-09 [pdf]
Reference	[59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 08, 2008
Origin	British; naval vessel aboard which Charles Darwin served as a naturalist on a surveying expedition, 1831-1836.
Last Updated	Oct 07, 2016 2:21 PM

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