Planetary Names

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

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

Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Belgica Rupes on Mercury

Belgica Rupes

Feature Name	Belgica Rupes
Clean Name	Belgica Rupes
Feature ID	15128
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	-48.05 °
Southernmost Latitude	-51.99 °
Easternmost Longitude	290.02 °
Westernmost Longitude	303.11 °
Diameter	425.00 km
Center Latitude	-50.45 °
Center Longitude	296.24 °
WKT String	MULTILINESTRING ((69.9827938079834 -48.0540657043457, 69.62587547302246 -48.56802940368652, 69.02057075500488 -49.306640625, 68.18554878234863 -49.7021484375, 67.96594429016113 -50.00970458984375, 66.64758491516113 -50.22943115234375, 65.59277534484863 -50.185546875, 63.96673774719238 -50.40521240234375, 62.64856147766113 -50.6689453125, 61.33014106750488 -50.71282958984375, 59.83593940734863 -51.28411865234375, 58.47375679016113 -51.37200927734375, 57.31930351257324 -51.5090446472168, 56.89154243469238 -51.9873046875))
Northernmost Latitude	-48.05 °
Southernmost Latitude	-52.01 °
Easternmost Longitude	289.71 °
Westernmost Longitude	303.06 °
Diameter	425.59 km
Center Latitude	-50.60 °
Center Longitude	296.34 °
WKT String	LINESTRING (70.294921875 -48.05419921875, 69.767578125 -48.66943359375, 69.064453125 -49.32861328125, 68.2294921875 -49.72412109375, 68.009765625 -50.03173828125, 66.69140625 -50.25146484375, 65.63671875 -50.20751953125, 64.0107421875 -50.42724609375, 62.6923828125 -50.69091796875, 61.3740234375 -50.73486328125, 59.8798828125 -51.30615234375, 58.517578125 -51.39404296875, 57.638671875 -51.56982421875, 56.935546875 -52.00927734375)
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Belgium
Quad	H-14 [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	Belgian; ship used for an expedition to determine the position of the South Magnetic Pole in 1898, first ship to winter in Antarctica.
Last Updated	Oct 07, 2016 2:31 PM

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Belgica Rupes

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