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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Oskison
Clean Name Oskison
Feature ID 14516
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 60.60 °
Southmost Latitude 60.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 215.30 °
Westmost Longitude 215.30 °
Diameter 120.00 km
Center Latitude 60.60 °
Center Longitude 215.30 °
Northmost Latitude 61.81 °
Southmost Latitude 58.95 °
Eastmost Longitude 211.75 °
Westmost Longitude 217.54 °
Diameter 121.88 km
Center Latitude 60.38 °
Center Longitude 214.64 °
Northmost Latitude 61.79 °
Southmost Latitude 58.91 °
Eastmost Longitude 211.85 °
Westmost Longitude 217.66 °
Diameter 122.00 km
Center Latitude 60.36 °
Center Longitude 214.76 °
Quad H-04 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 20, 2008
Continent North America
Ethnicity Cherokee
Origin John Milton; Cherokee author (1874-1947).
Reference [216] - Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 175: Native American Writers of the United States, edited by Kenneth M. Roemer: Gale Research Inc., Detroit, 1997.
Updated Oct 12, 2016 12:13 PM

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