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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Castiglione on Mercury

Castiglione

Feature Name	Castiglione
Clean Name	Castiglione
Feature ID	15391
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	-39.93 °
Southernmost Latitude	-41.82 °
Easternmost Longitude	270.81 °
Westernmost Longitude	273.28 °
Diameter	80.00 km
Center Latitude	-40.87 °
Center Longitude	272.04 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((87.85853223900564 -41.81947003619153, 87.6670943426012 -41.7962050320555, 87.48275658001147 -41.75024788539739, 87.31005795873335 -41.68273021369095, 87.15325089197658 -41.5953145260919, 87.01619649013755 -41.49015328694495, 86.90226948744697 -41.36983591496806, 86.81427514481318 -41.23732502316976, 86.75438017498826 -41.09588346948455, 86.72405939090935 -40.94899401438178, 86.72405939090935 -40.80027356374421, 86.75438017498826 -40.65338410864144, 86.81427514481318 -40.51194255495624, 86.90226948744697 -40.37943166315793, 87.01619649013755 -40.25911429118104, 87.15325089197658 -40.1539530520341, 87.31005795873335 -40.06653736443505, 87.48275658001147 -39.99901969272861, 87.6670943426012 -39.9530625460705, 87.85853223900564 -39.92979754193447, 88.05235643286936 -39.92979754193447, 88.2437943292738 -39.9530625460705, 88.42813209186353 -39.99901969272861, 88.60083071314165 -40.06653736443505, 88.75763777989842 -40.1539530520341, 88.89469218173745 -40.25911429118104, 89.00861918442803 -40.37943166315793, 89.09661352706182 -40.51194255495624, 89.15650849688674 -40.65338410864144, 89.18682928096565 -40.80027356374421, 89.18682928096565 -40.94899401438178, 89.15650849688674 -41.09588346948455, 89.09661352706182 -41.23732502316976, 89.00861918442803 -41.36983591496806, 88.89469218173745 -41.49015328694495, 88.75763777989842 -41.5953145260919, 88.60083071314165 -41.68273021369095, 88.42813209186353 -41.75024788539739, 88.2437943292738 -41.7962050320555, 88.05235643286936 -41.81947003619153, 87.85853223900564 -41.81947003619153))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Italy
Quad	H-14 [pdf]
Reference	[369] - “Giuseppe Castiglione: His Life and Works.” In Teaching World History: A Resource Book. Ed. Heidi Roupp. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1977. 194-197. Print.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Sep 25, 2015
Origin	Giuseppe; Italian painter in the court of the Emperor of China (1688-1766).
Last Updated	Oct 07, 2016 3:41 PM

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