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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Catullus
Clean Name Catullus
Feature ID 15078
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 23.13 °
Southmost Latitude 20.78 °
Eastmost Longitude 66.32 °
Westmost Longitude 68.80 °
Diameter 100.25 km
Center Latitude 21.96 °
Center Longitude 67.56 °
Northmost Latitude 23.07 °
Southmost Latitude 20.72 °
Eastmost Longitude 66.31 °
Westmost Longitude 68.79 °
Diameter 100.20 km
Center Latitude 21.90 °
Center Longitude 67.55 °
Quad H-06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 19, 2012
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Gaius Valerius; Roman poet (c. 84-c. 54 B.C.).
Reference [182] - Oxford Classical Dictionary: Oxford University Press, London, 1968.
Updated May 31, 2017 10:05 AM

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