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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Laxness on Mercury

Laxness

Feature Name	Laxness
Clean Name	Laxness
Feature ID	15143
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	83.83 °
Southernmost Latitude	83.24 °
Easternmost Longitude	50.15 °
Westernmost Longitude	55.55 °
Diameter	25.89 km
Center Latitude	83.53 °
Center Longitude	52.84 °
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Northernmost Latitude	83.56 °
Southernmost Latitude	82.98 °
Easternmost Longitude	47.55 °
Westernmost Longitude	52.52 °
Diameter	25.89 km
Center Latitude	83.27 °
Center Longitude	50.04 °
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Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Iceland
Quad	H-01 [pdf]
Reference	[139] - International Who's Who 1992-93: Europa Publications Limited, London, 1992 (and other editions).
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Jun 18, 2013
Origin	Halldór Kiljan; Icelandic writer (1902-1998).
Last Updated	Jun 18, 2013 7:41 AM

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