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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Petipa
Clean Name Petipa
Feature ID 14970
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 11.65 °
Southmost Latitude 11.38 °
Eastmost Longitude 338.87 °
Westmost Longitude 339.16 °
Diameter 12.03 km
Center Latitude 11.52 °
Center Longitude 339.02 °
Northmost Latitude 11.68 °
Southmost Latitude 11.39 °
Eastmost Longitude 338.80 °
Westmost Longitude 339.10 °
Diameter 12.00 km
Center Latitude 11.54 °
Center Longitude 338.95 °
Quad H-10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 24, 2012
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Marius; French and Russian choreographer and dancer (1818-1910).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 12, 2016 2:35 PM

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