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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Degas
Clean Name Degas
Feature ID 1458
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 37.50 °
Southmost Latitude 37.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 125.50 °
Westmost Longitude 127.20 °
Diameter 60.00 km
Center Latitude 37.40 °
Center Longitude 126.40 °
Northmost Latitude 37.76 °
Southmost Latitude 36.47 °
Eastmost Longitude 127.18 °
Westmost Longitude 128.80 °
Diameter 54.90 km
Center Latitude 37.12 °
Center Longitude 127.99 °
Northmost Latitude 37.71 °
Southmost Latitude 36.45 °
Eastmost Longitude 126.57 °
Westmost Longitude 128.11 °
Diameter 54.00 km
Center Latitude 37.08 °
Center Longitude 127.34 °
Quad H-03 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Edgar; French painter (1834-1917).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 10:14 AM

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