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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Firdousi
Clean Name Firdousi
Feature ID 14648
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 3.50 °
Southmost Latitude 3.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 294.60 °
Westmost Longitude 294.60 °
Diameter 96.00 km
Center Latitude 3.50 °
Center Longitude 294.60 °
Northmost Latitude 4.63 °
Southmost Latitude 2.32 °
Eastmost Longitude 293.45 °
Westmost Longitude 295.76 °
Diameter 98.28 km
Center Latitude 3.48 °
Center Longitude 294.61 °
Northmost Latitude 4.62 °
Southmost Latitude 2.31 °
Eastmost Longitude 293.52 °
Westmost Longitude 295.83 °
Diameter 98.00 km
Center Latitude 3.47 °
Center Longitude 294.68 °
Quad H-10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 03, 2010
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Persian
Origin Hakim Abulkasim; Tajik/Persian poet (c. 940-1020/30).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 11, 2016 12:23 PM

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