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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Vieira da Silva
Clean Name Vieira da Silva
Feature ID 15194
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 4.56 °
Southmost Latitude -1.49 °
Eastmost Longitude 120.19 °
Westmost Longitude 126.62 °
Diameter 274.00 km
Center Latitude 1.54 °
Center Longitude 123.41 °
Quad H-07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 16, 2013
Continent Europe
Culture France
Origin Maria Elena; Portuguese-born French painter (1908-1992).
Reference [210] - Dictionary of Women Artists, edited by Delia Gaze: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago/London, 1997.
Updated Oct 14, 2016 10:34 AM

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