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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Hafiz on Mercury

Hafiz

Feature Name	Hafiz
Clean Name	Hafiz
Feature ID	15245
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	22.57 °
Southernmost Latitude	16.44 °
Easternmost Longitude	276.97 °
Westernmost Longitude	283.92 °
Diameter	280.00 km
Center Latitude	19.50 °
Center Longitude	280.44 °
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Continent	Asia
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Persian
Quad	H-09 [pdf]
Reference	[334] - The Gift, poems by Hafiz the great Sufi master, translated by Daniel Ladinsky: Penguin, New York, 1999.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Jun 23, 2014
Origin	Hafiz (or Hafez) of Shiraz, Shams-ud-din Muhammad; Persian poet (c. 1320-1389).
Last Updated	Oct 11, 2016 1:06 PM

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