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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

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

Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Palmer Rupes on Mercury

Palmer Rupes

Feature Name	Palmer Rupes
Clean Name	Palmer Rupes
Feature ID	15135
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	-23.48 °
Southernmost Latitude	-27.85 °
Easternmost Longitude	105.01 °
Westernmost Longitude	109.66 °
Diameter	274.00 km
Center Latitude	-26.07 °
Center Longitude	106.28 °
WKT String	MULTILINESTRING ((254.9949359893799 -23.47772216796875, 254.9552135467529 -23.91633605957031, 254.7369365692139 -24.43926620483398, 254.6297607421875 -24.73855400085449, 254.3193378448486 -25.0048828125, 254.1599750518799 -25.28500366210938, 254.0610370635986 -25.55963134765625, 253.8831043243408 -25.70605087280273, 253.7962589263916 -26.01464653015137, 253.5995502471924 -26.16943359375, 252.7537250518799 -26.77362060546875, 251.9627094268799 -27.16912841796875, 251.1497211456299 -27.49871826171875, 250.3367328643799 -27.850341796875))
Northernmost Latitude	-23.50 °
Southernmost Latitude	-27.87 °
Easternmost Longitude	104.96 °
Westernmost Longitude	109.64 °
Diameter	273.70 km
Center Latitude	-26.36 °
Center Longitude	106.61 °
WKT String	LINESTRING (255.01684570313 -23.499755859375, 255.03881835938 -23.917236328125, 254.86303710938 -24.466552734375, 254.44555664063 -25.081787109375, 254.15991210938 -25.587158203125, 253.80834960938 -26.026611328125, 252.77563476563 -26.795654296875, 251.98461914063 -27.191162109375, 251.17163085938 -27.520751953125, 250.35864257813 -27.872314453125)
Continent	North America
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	United States
Quad	H-12 [pdf]
Reference	[301] - Polar Icebreakers in a Changing World, by the National Research Council: National Academies Press, District of Columbia, 2007.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Jun 03, 2013
Origin	American; ice-breaking ship dedicated to scientific research and operated by the National Science Foundation for Antarctic scientific missions since 1992.
Last Updated	Oct 12, 2016 12:25 PM

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