Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Neruda on Mercury

Neruda

Feature Name Neruda
Clean Name Neruda
Feature ID 14391
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude -51.20 °
Southernmost Latitude -53.63 °
Easternmost Longitude 232.22 °
Westernmost Longitude 236.45 °
Diameter 110.00 km
Center Latitude -52.47 °
Center Longitude 234.55 °
Northernmost Latitude -51.30 °
Southernmost Latitude -53.92 °
Easternmost Longitude 232.05 °
Westernmost Longitude 236.36 °
Diameter 111.55 km
Center Latitude -52.61 °
Center Longitude 234.20 °
Northernmost Latitude -51.35 °
Southernmost Latitude -53.97 °
Easternmost Longitude 232.05 °
Westernmost Longitude 236.36 °
Diameter 112.00 km
Center Latitude -52.66 °
Center Longitude 234.21 °
Continent Europe
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country
Czechoslovakia
Quad H-13 [pdf]
Reference [646] - Jan Neruda, in Czechoslovak Stories, translated and edited by Šárka B. Hrbkova: Duffield and Company, New York, 1920.
Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 08, 2008
Origin Jan; Czech poet, journalist, writer, and art critic (1834-1891); Johann Baptist Georg; Classical Czech composer (1708-1780).
Last Updated Sep 30, 2022 6:45 PM
Additional Information Origin changed from "Pablo; Chilean poet (1904-1973)" to "Jan; Czech poet, journalist, writer, and art critic (1834-1891); Johann Baptist Georg; Classical Czech composer (1708-1780)" on September 27, 2022. Reference for Johann Baptist Georg Neruda: Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire, Volume 20, pg. 189, edited and published by Constantin von Wurzbach (in German, the Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich or BLKÖ). https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/BLK%C3%96:Neruda,_Johann_Georg

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