Planetary Names

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

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

Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Calypso Rupes on Mercury

Calypso Rupes

Feature Name	Calypso Rupes
Clean Name	Calypso Rupes
Feature ID	15129
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	20.98 °
Southernmost Latitude	18.88 °
Easternmost Longitude	312.61 °
Westernmost Longitude	321.10 °
Diameter	381.00 km
Center Latitude	19.53 °
Center Longitude	316.48 °
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Northernmost Latitude	21.06 °
Southernmost Latitude	19.02 °
Easternmost Longitude	312.68 °
Westernmost Longitude	321.14 °
Diameter	381.21 km
Center Latitude	19.52 °
Center Longitude	316.48 °
WKT String	LINESTRING (47.322509765625 21.060791015625, 46.707275390625 20.577392578125, 46.377685546875 20.181884765625, 46.070068359375 19.808349609375, 45.872314453125 19.742431640625, 45.388916015625 19.676513671875, 45.037353515625 19.610595703125, 44.268310546875 19.412841796875, 43.806884765625 19.654541015625, 43.301513671875 19.500732421875, 42.576416015625 19.390869140625, 41.983154296875 19.237060546875, 41.609619140625 19.215087890625, 41.323974609375 19.281005859375, 41.104248046875 19.456787109375, 40.884521484375 19.566650390625, 40.467041015625 19.566650390625, 40.071533203125 19.412841796875, 39.829833984375 19.149169921875, 39.346435546875 19.039306640625, 38.863037109375 19.017333984375)
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	France
Quad	H-10 [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	French; originally commissioned in 1942 as a minesweeper, Calypso was purchased by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and used for oceanographic studies in 1950-1996.
Last Updated	Oct 07, 2016 3:31 PM

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