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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Berlioz on Mercury

Berlioz

Feature Name	Berlioz
Clean Name	Berlioz
Feature ID	15186
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	79.73 °
Southernmost Latitude	78.99 °
Easternmost Longitude	319.35 °
Westernmost Longitude	323.33 °
Diameter	31.44 km
Center Latitude	79.36 °
Center Longitude	321.34 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((37.32396099050697 79.08884181725215, 37.11412746337076 79.13066289054868, 36.94000429206547 79.17813843379578, 36.80612942837623 79.23016668503816, 36.71625904930895 79.2855233325224, 36.67323813152593 79.34288598884802, 36.67887527508807 79.40086240861937, 36.73382872111394 79.45802224764236, 36.83751214966281 79.51293194007364, 36.98802998888759 79.5641920023524, 37.18215227767545 79.61047577693782, 37.41533828397092 79.65056833353823, 37.68181587288251 79.68340398911785, 37.97472001636613 79.70810073457174, 38.28628907586412 79.72398980796977, 38.6081120902856 79.73063876320572, 38.93141501306882 79.72786666019731, 39.24736950921882 79.71575043366855, 39.54740530252784 79.6946220401677, 39.82350663591315 79.66505657438445, 40.06847525430313 79.6278521134638, 40.27614609772365 79.58400252398211, 40.44154692824186 79.53466480023199, 40.56099857275653 79.48112266988348, 40.63215754012742 79.42474820668545, 40.65400685014887 79.3669630551942, 40.62680365064323 79.3092006394417, 40.55199353237909 79.25287044065679, 40.43210153570893 79.19932512990277, 40.27060896836056 79.14983106234578, 40.07182365849792 79.10554240240388, 39.84074946807802 79.06747896421609, 39.58295904446663 79.03650772201222, 39.30447207287028 79.01332786630401, 39.01163981590944 78.99845924706459, 38.71103553981779 78.99223404544591, 38.40934954095164 78.99479154220582, 38.11328689251513 79.00607589561808, 37.8294657144741 79.02583689680085, 37.56431371829636 79.0536337294224, 37.32396099050697 79.08884181725215))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	France
Quad	H-01 [pdf]
Reference	[75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Dec 16, 2013
Origin	Hector; French composer (1803-1869).
Last Updated	Oct 06, 2017 9:24 AM

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