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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rustaveli
Clean Name Rustaveli
Feature ID 14971
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 54.90 °
Southmost Latitude 50.19 °
Eastmost Longitude 273.82 °
Westmost Longitude 281.00 °
Diameter 200.50 km
Center Latitude 52.55 °
Center Longitude 277.41 °
Northmost Latitude 54.59 °
Southmost Latitude 50.21 °
Eastmost Longitude 273.67 °
Westmost Longitude 280.85 °
Diameter 200.00 km
Center Latitude 52.41 °
Center Longitude 277.26 °
Quad H-05 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 24, 2012
Continent Asia
Culture Georgia
Origin Shota; Georgian poet (c. 1160-1216).
Reference [64] - Large Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 30 volumes: Sov. Entsikl., Moscow, 1969-1978 (in Russian).
Updated Oct 13, 2016 9:55 AM

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