Planetary Names

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

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

Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Calder on Mercury

Calder

Feature Name	Calder
Clean Name	Calder
Feature ID	15187
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	3.78 °
Southernmost Latitude	3.25 °
Easternmost Longitude	346.97 °
Westernmost Longitude	347.54 °
Diameter	24.00 km
Center Latitude	3.51 °
Center Longitude	347.25 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((12.72469679317674 3.25296279474435, 12.68086236710211 3.259396594981133, 12.63865369171041 3.272105773940305, 12.59911008467237 3.29077738945655, 12.56320524083096 3.314951684388316, 12.53182325660289 3.344033407364497, 12.50573686059072 3.377306469848717, 12.48558838644003 3.413951578615651, 12.47187395645336 3.453066409469312, 12.46493126541258 3.493687825459403, 12.46493126541258 3.534815592509498, 12.47187395645336 3.575437008499589, 12.48558838644003 3.614551839353251, 12.50573686059072 3.651196948120182, 12.53182325660289 3.684470010604402, 12.56320524083096 3.713551733580585, 12.59911008467237 3.737726028512351, 12.63865369171041 3.756397644028594, 12.68086236710211 3.769106822987768, 12.72469679317674 3.775540623224548, 12.76907762088624 3.775540623224548, 12.81291204696088 3.769106822987768, 12.85512072235257 3.756397644028594, 12.89466432939062 3.737726028512351, 12.93056917323203 3.713551733580585, 12.96195115746009 3.684470010604402, 12.98803755347226 3.651196948120182, 13.00818602762296 3.614551839353251, 13.02190045760962 3.575437008499589, 13.0288431486504 3.534815592509498, 13.0288431486504 3.493687825459403, 13.02190045760962 3.453066409469312, 13.00818602762296 3.413951578615651, 12.98803755347227 3.377306469848717, 12.96195115746009 3.344033407364497, 12.93056917323203 3.314951684388316, 12.89466432939062 3.29077738945655, 12.85512072235257 3.272105773940305, 12.81291204696088 3.259396594981133, 12.76907762088624 3.25296279474435, 12.72469679317674 3.25296279474435))
Continent	North America
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	United States
Quad	H-10 [pdf]
Reference	[312] - Calder’s Universe, by Jean Lipman: Running Press, New York, 1999.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Dec 16, 2013
Origin	Alexander; American sculptor (1898-1976).
Last Updated	Oct 07, 2016 2:55 PM

The boundaries shown on the maps above are approximate and are intended only to portray the locations of named features and their rough extents.
Get help using the map above.

Changes in the control network drop down are not reflected in the feature boundaries in the map above. Only the primary control network feature boundaries (in green) are displayed on the map.

Calder

PDF Maps of Mercury