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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Karsh on Mercury

Karsh

Feature Name	Karsh
Clean Name	Karsh
Feature ID	15324
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	-34.80 °
Southernmost Latitude	-36.17 °
Easternmost Longitude	280.37 °
Westernmost Longitude	281.92 °
Diameter	58.00 km
Center Latitude	-35.49 °
Center Longitude	281.15 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((78.79302568457251 -36.17150399946463, 78.67293242968388 -36.15462067236207, 78.55729324682585 -36.12126974170275, 78.44895555646464 -36.07227241808494, 78.35058699208925 -36.00883517822886, 78.26460971422114 -35.93252005751589, 78.19314076878355 -35.84520618749338, 78.13793995840508 -35.7490435254194, 78.10036651023817 -35.64639991517976, 78.08134560727594 -35.5398027831132, 78.08134560727594 -35.43187690438679, 78.10036651023817 -35.32527977232021, 78.13793995840508 -35.22263616208059, 78.19314076878355 -35.1264735000066, 78.26460971422114 -35.03915962998409, 78.35058699208925 -34.96284450927113, 78.44895555646464 -34.89940726941504, 78.55729324682585 -34.85040994579722, 78.67293242968388 -34.81705901513791, 78.79302568457251 -34.80017568803534, 78.91461591698952 -34.80017568803534, 79.03470917187811 -34.81705901513791, 79.15034835473618 -34.85040994579722, 79.25868604509739 -34.89940726941504, 79.35705460947278 -34.96284450927113, 79.44303188734089 -35.03915962998409, 79.51450083277848 -35.1264735000066, 79.56970164315695 -35.22263616208058, 79.60727509132386 -35.32527977232021, 79.6262959942861 -35.43187690438679, 79.6262959942861 -35.5398027831132, 79.60727509132386 -35.64639991517976, 79.56970164315695 -35.7490435254194, 79.51450083277848 -35.84520618749338, 79.44303188734089 -35.93252005751589, 79.35705460947278 -36.00883517822886, 79.25868604509739 -36.07227241808494, 79.15034835473618 -36.12126974170275, 79.03470917187811 -36.15462067236207, 78.91461591698952 -36.17150399946463, 78.79302568457251 -36.17150399946463))
Continent	North America
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Canada
Quad	H-14 [pdf]
Reference	[59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 30, 2015
Origin	Yousuf; Canadian portrait photographer of Armenian descent (1908-2002).
Last Updated	Oct 11, 2016 2:20 PM

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