Planetary Names

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Alver on Mercury

Alver

Feature Name	Alver
Clean Name	Alver
Feature ID	15097
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	-65.18 °
Southernmost Latitude	-68.73 °
Easternmost Longitude	277.85 °
Westernmost Longitude	286.95 °
Diameter	151.49 km
Center Latitude	-66.97 °
Center Longitude	282.40 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((82.04820936619976 -67.39823421983039, 81.83349421860243 -67.66482398016495, 81.50467604296287 -67.9149357289016, 81.06692348758338 -68.1416604889608, 80.52933869029636 -68.33850257068103, 79.90502232706108 -68.49963379353069, 79.21086472537247 -68.62014674385738, 78.46702690569256 -68.69628716073122, 77.69611725051766 -68.72564392041559, 76.92211933903681 -68.70727684967072, 76.16917241940946 -68.64176801784016, 75.46033510437083 -68.53119050784144, 74.81646626203157 -68.37899830185233, 74.25533366540166 -68.1898497685426, 73.79101800944663 -67.9693834969631, 73.43362980598359 -67.72396790609193, 73.18931200204956 -67.46044521131678, 73.06047049226699 -67.18588681555947, 73.04616083260537 -66.90737226633851, 73.14256032165903 -66.63179878106307, 73.34346540203649 -66.3657238560437, 73.64076980778381 -66.11524008487086, 74.02489484324298 -65.88587910624071, 74.48515702124 -65.68254043755499, 75.01006889126609 -65.50944058317329, 75.58757617816526 -65.37007797838106, 76.20523883704313 -65.26720982497388, 76.85036603587038 -65.20283753293678, 77.51011611899497 -65.17819820276851, 78.17157287684229 -65.19376030838566, 78.8218093866907 -65.24922244832214, 79.44795057920908 -65.34351472176211, 80.0372456684882 -65.47480296651341, 80.57716167487213 -65.64049678337544, 81.05550935894223 -65.8372629778757, 81.46061272444634 -66.06104677837067, 81.78153243938257 -66.30710392224555, 82.00835151057272 -66.57004739232546, 82.13252763533387 -66.84391314344396, 82.14731010565262 -67.12224943947778, 82.04820936619976 -67.39823421983039))
Northernmost Latitude	-65.18 °
Southernmost Latitude	-68.73 °
Easternmost Longitude	278.20 °
Westernmost Longitude	287.30 °
Diameter	151.49 km
Center Latitude	-66.97 °
Center Longitude	282.75 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((78.08825874328613 -68.70184898376465, 77.31657218933105 -68.72929382324219, 76.54283332824707 -68.7091236114502, 75.79119682312012 -68.64182472229004, 75.08424949645996 -68.52952766418457, 74.44325065612793 -68.37582588195801, 73.88546180725098 -68.18527603149414, 73.42513847351074 -67.96365165710449, 73.07201957702637 -67.71738433837891, 72.83198738098145 -67.45332145690918, 72.7076587677002 -67.17855072021484, 72.69762992858887 -66.89990425109863, 72.79843711853027 -66.6246337890625, 73.00316429138184 -66.35907173156738, 73.30393409729004 -66.10917854309082, 73.69135093688965 -65.88079261779785, 74.15451622009277 -65.67858505249023, 74.6816234588623 -65.50674247741699, 75.26112174987793 -65.36871337890625, 75.8801097869873 -65.26739883422852, 76.52595710754395 -65.20453834533691, 77.18613624572754 -65.18150901794434, 77.8476505279541 -65.19864273071289, 78.49724769592285 -65.25560569763184, 79.12212181091309 -65.35139083862305, 79.7099437713623 -65.48407745361328, 80.24765968322754 -65.65107154846191, 80.7235050201416 -65.8489875793457, 81.1257266998291 -66.07358932495117, 81.44330024719238 -66.3205738067627, 81.66633033752441 -66.58399963378906, 81.78626823425293 -66.85810661315918, 81.79671669006348 -67.13653182983398, 81.6932544708252 -67.41230583190918, 81.47398948669434 -67.67840385437012, 81.14081764221191 -67.92774772644043, 80.69890022277832 -68.15339088439941, 80.15778160095215 -68.34900665283203, 79.53026390075684 -68.50852394104004, 78.83362770080566 -68.62746429443359, 78.08825874328613 -68.70184898376465)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Estonia
Quad	H-15 [pdf]
Reference	[289] - Reader's Encyclopedia of Eastern European Literature, edited by Robert B. Pynsent and Sonia I. Kanikova: HarperCollins, New York, 1993.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Mar 15, 2013
Origin	Betti; Estonian poet (1906-1989).
Last Updated	Mar 15, 2013 7:12 AM

The boundaries shown on the maps above are approximate and are intended only to portray the locations of named features and their rough extents.
Get help using the map above.

Changes in the control network drop down are not reflected in the feature boundaries in the map above. Only the primary control network feature boundaries (in green) are displayed on the map.

Alver

PDF Maps of Mercury