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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Baranauskas on Mercury

Baranauskas

Feature Name	Baranauskas
Clean Name	Baranauskas
Feature ID	15388
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	51.15 °
Southernmost Latitude	50.31 °
Easternmost Longitude	39.12 °
Westernmost Longitude	40.40 °
Diameter	36.00 km
Center Latitude	50.73 °
Center Longitude	39.76 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((320.1918702080338 50.307156305452, 320.0925951702446 50.31748498077925, 319.9970020891944 50.3378880051682, 319.9074447837941 50.36786298844472, 319.8261284521257 50.40667184703926, 319.755055372149 50.45335897805398, 319.6959755989707 50.50677478937762, 319.6503438726809 50.56560400645847, 319.6192837978243 50.628398058729, 319.6035601765258 50.69361074822081, 319.6035601765258 50.75963632209013, 319.6192837978243 50.82484901158197, 319.6503438726809 50.88764306385251, 319.6959755989707 50.94647228093336, 319.755055372149 50.99988809225695, 319.8261284521257 51.0465752232717, 319.9074447837941 51.08538408186622, 319.9970020891944 51.11535906514273, 320.0925951702446 51.13576208953172, 320.1918702080338 51.14609076485893, 320.2923827216565 51.14609076485893, 320.3916577594456 51.13576208953172, 320.4872508404958 51.11535906514273, 320.5768081458965 51.08538408186622, 320.6581244775646 51.0465752232717, 320.7291975575413 50.99988809225695, 320.7882773307197 50.94647228093336, 320.8339090570094 50.88764306385251, 320.8649691318663 50.82484901158197, 320.8806927531647 50.75963632209013, 320.8806927531647 50.69361074822081, 320.8649691318663 50.628398058729, 320.8339090570094 50.56560400645847, 320.7882773307197 50.50677478937762, 320.7291975575413 50.45335897805398, 320.6581244775646 50.40667184703926, 320.5768081458965 50.36786298844472, 320.4872508404958 50.3378880051682, 320.3916577594456 50.31748498077925, 320.2923827216565 50.307156305452, 320.1918702080338 50.307156305452))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Lithuania
Quad	H-02 [pdf]
Reference	[59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Sep 25, 2015
Origin	Antanas; Lithuanian poet (1835-1902).
Last Updated	Oct 07, 2016 2:15 PM

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