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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name David
Clean Name David
Feature ID 15140
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -17.39 °
Southmost Latitude -17.92 °
Eastmost Longitude 291.75 °
Westmost Longitude 292.34 °
Diameter 23.93 km
Center Latitude -17.65 °
Center Longitude 292.04 °
Northmost Latitude -17.40 °
Southmost Latitude -17.93 °
Eastmost Longitude 291.84 °
Westmost Longitude 292.41 °
Diameter 23.00 km
Center Latitude -17.66 °
Center Longitude 292.13 °
Quad H-10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jun 18, 2013
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Jacques-Louis; French painter (1748-1825).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 11, 2016 10:09 AM

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