Planetary Names

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

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Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Carnegie Rupes on Mercury

Carnegie Rupes

Feature Name	Carnegie Rupes
Clean Name	Carnegie Rupes
Feature ID	15130
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	59.99 °
Southernmost Latitude	55.87 °
Easternmost Longitude	49.53 °
Westernmost Longitude	57.65 °
Diameter	267.00 km
Center Latitude	58.52 °
Center Longitude	53.25 °
WKT String	MULTILINESTRING ((302.3517208099365 59.98766136169434, 303.6128368377686 59.71402168273926, 304.8201313018799 59.29327583312988, 305.9566059112549 58.73844337463379, 306.9954853057861 58.45831489562988, 307.3688983917236 58.23852729797363, 307.5565395355225 57.52667808532715, 308.1378803253174 57.11792182922363, 308.8833408355713 56.37088203430176, 310.4656848907471 55.87119483947754))
Northernmost Latitude	60.22 °
Southernmost Latitude	55.76 °
Easternmost Longitude	49.62 °
Westernmost Longitude	57.60 °
Diameter	267.42 km
Center Latitude	58.52 °
Center Longitude	53.25 °
WKT String	LINESTRING (302.40307617188 60.216064453125, 303.63354492188 59.842529296875, 304.82006835938 59.293212890625, 305.98461914063 58.919677734375, 306.99536132813 58.458251953125, 307.36889648438 58.238525390625, 307.67651367188 57.689208984375, 308.13793945313 57.117919921875, 308.97290039063 56.480712890625, 310.37915039063 55.755615234375)
Continent	North America
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	United States
Quad	H-02 [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; iron-free vessel used to conduct magnetic surveys from 1909 to 1928.
Last Updated	Oct 07, 2016 3:38 PM

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