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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Kulthum on Mercury

Kulthum

Feature Name	Kulthum
Clean Name	Kulthum
Feature ID	15322
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	51.09 °
Southernmost Latitude	50.35 °
Easternmost Longitude	265.90 °
Westernmost Longitude	267.04 °
Diameter	31.00 km
Center Latitude	50.72 °
Center Longitude	266.47 °
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Continent	Africa
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Egypt
Quad	H-04 [pdf]
Reference	[59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 30, 2015
Origin	Umm; Alternate spellings Kulthūm, Kalthoum, and Kalsoum; Egyptian singer (born between 1898 and 1904, died 1975).
Last Updated	Oct 11, 2016 3:08 PM

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