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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Caravaggio on Mercury

Caravaggio

Feature Name	Caravaggio
Clean Name	Caravaggio
Feature ID	15175
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	5.35 °
Southernmost Latitude	1.00 °
Easternmost Longitude	270.60 °
Westernmost Longitude	274.92 °
Diameter	185.00 km
Center Latitude	3.18 °
Center Longitude	272.76 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((87.06908244002405 0.9988276359683055, 86.73316311237099 1.052413424183267, 86.40970251009088 1.158265540666285, 86.10666530671607 1.313777555006524, 85.83151328391646 1.515120245296142, 85.59102159767059 1.757335886282128, 85.39111195143997 2.034460325015784, 85.2367067841769 2.339669838092204, 85.13160806354072 2.665449154367146, 85.0784036688362 3.003776505874363, 85.0784036688362 3.346321150375637, 85.13160806354072 3.68464850188285, 85.2367067841769 4.010427818157796, 85.39111195143997 4.315637331234216, 85.59102159767059 4.592761769967872, 85.83151328391646 4.834977410953858, 86.10666530671607 5.036320101243474, 86.40970251009088 5.191832115583713, 86.73316311237099 5.297684232066732, 87.06908244002405 5.351270020281685, 87.40918904435094 5.351270020281685, 87.74510837200401 5.297684232066732, 88.06856897428412 5.191832115583715, 88.37160617765893 5.036320101243474, 88.64675820045854 4.834977410953858, 88.88724988670441 4.592761769967872, 89.08715953293503 4.315637331234216, 89.2415647001981 4.010427818157796, 89.34666342083428 3.684648501882852, 89.3998678155388 3.346321150375637, 89.3998678155388 3.003776505874363, 89.34666342083428 2.665449154367148, 89.2415647001981 2.339669838092204, 89.08715953293503 2.034460325015784, 88.88724988670441 1.757335886282129, 88.64675820045855 1.515120245296143, 88.37160617765893 1.313777555006526, 88.06856897428412 1.158265540666287, 87.74510837200401 1.052413424183266, 87.40918904435095 0.998827635968317, 87.06908244002405 0.9988276359683055))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Italy
Quad	H-09 [pdf]
Reference	[59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 22, 2013
Origin	Michelangelo Merisi; Italian painter (1571-1610).
Last Updated	Oct 07, 2016 3:38 PM

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