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

Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Alvin Rupes on Mercury

Alvin Rupes

Feature Name	Alvin Rupes
Clean Name	Alvin Rupes
Feature ID	15127
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	10.29 °
Southernmost Latitude	6.19 °
Easternmost Longitude	208.36 °
Westernmost Longitude	209.12 °
Diameter	188.00 km
Center Latitude	8.30 °
Center Longitude	208.72 °
WKT String	MULTILINESTRING ((151.424108505264 10.29462623596191, 151.6206264496 10.01001167297363, 151.5784320831449 9.602052688598633, 151.6444110870511 9.206666946411133, 151.5344257354886 8.745058059692383, 151.3148212433011 8.327699661254883, 151.1056079864652 8.071916580200195, 151.1170063018949 7.800294876098633, 150.9631977081449 7.382875442504883, 150.875207901016 7.082536697387695, 150.9631977081449 6.679689407348633, 150.8819828033597 6.188032150268555))
Northernmost Latitude	10.37 °
Southernmost Latitude	6.13 °
Easternmost Longitude	208.23 °
Westernmost Longitude	208.94 °
Diameter	188.39 km
Center Latitude	8.24 °
Center Longitude	208.62 °
WKT String	LINESTRING (151.578369140635 10.37109375, 151.76513671876 9.9755859375, 151.67724609376 9.580078125, 151.74316406251 9.1845703125, 151.63330078126 8.72314453125, 151.41357421876 8.3056640625, 151.21582031251 7.7783203125, 151.06201171876 7.36083984375, 151.06201171876 6.9873046875, 151.06201171876 6.65771484375, 151.08398437501 6.13037109375)
Continent	North America
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	United States
Quad	H-08 [pdf]
Reference	[297] - Ships of Discovery and Exploration, by Lincoln P. Paine: Houghton Mifflin, New York, 2000.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Jun 03, 2013
Origin	American; U.S.Navy's first deep submergence research vessel commissioned in 1964, designed specifically for oceanographic research.
Last Updated	Oct 07, 2016 1:39 PM

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