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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Aneirin on Mercury

Aneirin

Feature Name	Aneirin
Clean Name	Aneirin
Feature ID	15244
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	-22.59 °
Southernmost Latitude	-32.34 °
Easternmost Longitude	356.51 °
Westernmost Longitude	8.85 °
Diameter	467.00 km
Center Latitude	-27.47 °
Center Longitude	2.68 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((356.9235156003658 -32.33713025403519, 355.963178016737 -32.23411720420125, 355.0363417498914 -32.01369285982353, 354.1658285847122 -31.68128479980707, 353.3730734443934 -31.24507801378857, 352.6775965914932 -30.71581336052713, 352.0965229742854 -30.10652309231474, 351.6441605536983 -29.43220995767325, 351.3316479938317 -28.7094777838945, 351.1666803910791 -27.95612263570752, 351.1533197953165 -27.19069461710306, 351.2918951887527 -26.43204110620909, 351.5789943852961 -25.69884267029049, 352.0075480499002 -25.00915308818567, 352.5670037690541 -24.37995480635455, 353.2435858862255 -23.82674077468517, 354.020634704242 -23.36313295864936, 354.8790167023271 -23.00054692130404, 355.7975956668814 -22.74791073424271, 356.7537531352087 -22.61144513884226, 357.7239453371342 -22.59451037096479, 358.684282920763 -22.69752342079875, 359.6111191876086 -22.91794776517646, 360.4816323527878 -23.25035582519293, 361.2743874931066 -23.68656261121143, 361.9698643460068 -24.21582726447286, 362.5509379632146 -24.82511753268526, 363.0033003838017 -25.49943066732676, 363.3158129436683 -26.22216284110549, 363.4807805464209 -26.97551798929248, 363.4941411421835 -27.74094600789694, 363.3555657487473 -28.49959951879091, 363.0684665522039 -29.2327979547095, 362.6399128875998 -29.92248753681433, 362.0804571684459 -30.55168581864545, 361.4038750512745 -31.10489985031482, 360.6268262332579 -31.56850766635064, 359.7684442351729 -31.93109370369597, 358.8498652706186 -32.18372989075729, 357.8937078022913 -32.32019548615774, 356.9235156003658 -32.33713025403519))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Wales
Quad	H-11 [pdf]
Reference	[59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Jun 23, 2014
Origin	Welsh poet (fl. 6th century).
Last Updated	Oct 07, 2016 1:48 PM

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