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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Brooks
Clean Name Brooks
Feature ID 15390
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -44.83 °
Southmost Latitude -45.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 167.46 °
Westmost Longitude 168.57 °
Diameter 34.00 km
Center Latitude -45.22 °
Center Longitude 168.02 °
Quad H-12 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 25, 2015
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Gwendolyn; American poet and novelist (1917-2000).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 07, 2016 2:47 PM

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