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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Kuniyoshi
Clean Name Kuniyoshi
Feature ID 15237
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -57.57 °
Southmost Latitude -58.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 36.90 °
Westmost Longitude 38.07 °
Diameter 27.00 km
Center Latitude -57.87 °
Center Longitude 37.49 °
Quad H-11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 14, 2014
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Japan
Origin Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese painter and printmaker (1798-1861).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 3:11 PM

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