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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Vieira da Silva on Mercury

Vieira da Silva

Feature Name	Vieira da Silva
Clean Name	Vieira da Silva
Feature ID	15194
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	4.56 °
Southernmost Latitude	-1.49 °
Easternmost Longitude	120.19 °
Westernmost Longitude	126.62 °
Diameter	274.00 km
Center Latitude	1.54 °
Center Longitude	123.41 °
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Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	France
Quad	H-07 [pdf]
Reference	[210] - Dictionary of Women Artists, edited by Delia Gaze: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago/London, 1997.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Dec 16, 2013
Origin	Maria Elena; Portuguese-born French painter (1908-1992).
Last Updated	Oct 14, 2016 10:34 AM

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