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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Kipling
Clean Name Kipling
Feature ID 14646
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -19.40 °
Southmost Latitude -19.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 288.00 °
Westmost Longitude 288.00 °
Diameter 151.00 km
Center Latitude -19.40 °
Center Longitude 288.00 °
Northmost Latitude -17.42 °
Southmost Latitude -21.28 °
Eastmost Longitude 285.91 °
Westmost Longitude 290.00 °
Diameter 164.27 km
Center Latitude -19.35 °
Center Longitude 287.95 °
Northmost Latitude -17.44 °
Southmost Latitude -21.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 285.94 °
Westmost Longitude 290.03 °
Diameter 164.00 km
Center Latitude -19.37 °
Center Longitude 287.98 °
Quad H-09 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 03, 2010
Continent Europe
Culture England
Origin Rudyard; English author (1865-1936).
Reference [227] - Larousse Dictionary of Writers, edited by Rosemary Goring: Larousse, New York, 1994.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 3:01 PM

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