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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Blossom Rupes
Clean Name Blossom Rupes
Feature ID 15178
Target Mercury
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 2.22 °
Southmost Latitude -7.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 267.49 °
Westmost Longitude 272.61 °
Diameter 485.96 km
Center Latitude -3.04 °
Center Longitude 270.15 °
Quad H-09 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 22, 2013
Continent Europe
Culture England
Origin English; ship used for an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, 1825-1827.
Reference [297] - Ships of Discovery and Exploration, by Lincoln P. Paine: Houghton Mifflin, New York, 2000.
Updated Nov 22, 2013 2:04 PM

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