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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Geddes
Clean Name Geddes
Feature ID 14643
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 27.30 °
Southmost Latitude 27.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 29.70 °
Westmost Longitude 29.70 °
Diameter 80.00 km
Center Latitude 27.30 °
Center Longitude 29.70 °
Northmost Latitude 28.21 °
Southmost Latitude 26.25 °
Eastmost Longitude 28.52 °
Westmost Longitude 30.73 °
Diameter 83.53 km
Center Latitude 27.23 °
Center Longitude 29.62 °
Northmost Latitude 28.15 °
Southmost Latitude 26.18 °
Eastmost Longitude 28.62 °
Westmost Longitude 30.82 °
Diameter 84.00 km
Center Latitude 27.17 °
Center Longitude 29.72 °
Quad H-02 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 03, 2010
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Ireland
Origin Wilhelmina; Irish stained glass and graphic artist (1887-1955).
Reference [210] - Dictionary of Women Artists, edited by Delia Gaze: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago/London, 1997.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 12:39 PM

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