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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tolkien
Clean Name Tolkien
Feature ID 15025
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 88.80 °
Southmost Latitude 88.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 210.70 °
Westmost Longitude 210.70 °
Diameter 50.00 km
Center Latitude 88.80 °
Center Longitude 210.70 °
Northmost Latitude 89.39 °
Southmost Latitude 88.25 °
Eastmost Longitude 182.43 °
Westmost Longitude 239.73 °
Diameter 50.00 km
Center Latitude 88.82 °
Center Longitude 211.08 °
Quad H-01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 06, 2012
Continent Europe
Culture England
Origin John Ronald Reuel; English author and philologist (1892-1973).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Aug 06, 2012 11:11 AM

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