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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Kofi
Clean Name Kofi
Feature ID 14964
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 58.38 °
Southmost Latitude 55.19 °
Eastmost Longitude 239.00 °
Westmost Longitude 244.55 °
Diameter 135.87 km
Center Latitude 56.79 °
Center Longitude 241.77 °
Northmost Latitude 58.35 °
Southmost Latitude 55.16 °
Eastmost Longitude 239.35 °
Westmost Longitude 244.90 °
Diameter 136.00 km
Center Latitude 56.75 °
Center Longitude 242.13 °
Quad H-04 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 24, 2012
Continent Africa
Culture Ghana
Origin Vincent Akwete; Ghanaian sculptor (1923-1974).
Reference [267] - Ghana's Vincent Kofi, by Lawrence Grobel: African Arts, Vol. 3, No. 4, Summer, 1970.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 3:03 PM

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