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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rembrandt
Clean Name Rembrandt
Feature ID 14563
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -33.20 °
Southmost Latitude -33.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 271.80 °
Westmost Longitude 271.80 °
Diameter 720.00 km
Center Latitude -33.20 °
Center Longitude 271.80 °
Northmost Latitude -24.59 °
Southmost Latitude -41.19 °
Eastmost Longitude 261.72 °
Westmost Longitude 282.73 °
Diameter 716.00 km
Center Latitude -32.89 °
Center Longitude 272.13 °
Northmost Latitude -24.39 °
Southmost Latitude -41.26 °
Eastmost Longitude 262.45 °
Westmost Longitude 282.47 °
Diameter 716.12 km
Center Latitude -32.83 °
Center Longitude 272.46 °
Quad H-14 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 27, 2009
Continent Europe
Culture The Netherlands (Dutch)
Origin Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn; Dutch painter (1606-1669).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 13, 2016 9:19 AM

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