Planetary Names

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

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

Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Blossom Rupes on Mercury

Blossom Rupes

Feature Name	Blossom Rupes
Clean Name	Blossom Rupes
Feature ID	15178
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	2.22 °
Southernmost Latitude	-7.80 °
Easternmost Longitude	267.49 °
Westernmost Longitude	272.61 °
Diameter	485.96 km
Center Latitude	-3.04 °
Center Longitude	270.15 °
WKT String	LINESTRING (87.387451171875 2.186279296875, 88.024658203125 0.516357421875, 88.464111328125 -1.197509765625, 88.859619140625 -1.966552734375, 89.738525390625 -2.845458984375, 90.463623046875 -3.944091796875, 90.968994140625 -5.130615234375, 91.738037109375 -6.602783203125, 92.507080078125 -7.877197265625)
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	England
Quad	H-09 [pdf]
Reference	[297] - Ships of Discovery and Exploration, by Lincoln P. Paine: Houghton Mifflin, New York, 2000.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 22, 2013
Origin	English; ship used for an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, 1825-1827.
Last Updated	Nov 22, 2013 2:04 PM

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