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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Kandinsky
Clean Name Kandinsky
Feature ID 15022
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 87.90 °
Southmost Latitude 87.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 280.10 °
Westmost Longitude 280.10 °
Diameter 60.00 km
Center Latitude 87.90 °
Center Longitude 280.10 °
Northmost Latitude 88.54 °
Southmost Latitude 87.25 °
Eastmost Longitude 263.43 °
Westmost Longitude 299.01 °
Diameter 60.00 km
Center Latitude 87.89 °
Center Longitude 281.22 °
Quad H-01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 06, 2012
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Russia
Origin Wassily; Russian painter (1866-1944).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Aug 06, 2012 11:00 AM

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