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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Namatjira
Clean Name Namatjira
Feature ID 15394
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 59.21 °
Southmost Latitude 58.43 °
Eastmost Longitude 32.27 °
Westmost Longitude 33.81 °
Diameter 34.00 km
Center Latitude 58.82 °
Center Longitude 33.04 °
Quad H-02 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 25, 2015
Continent Oceania
Ethnicity Australia
Origin Albert; Australian Aboriginal artist, pioneer of contemporary Indigenous Australian art (1902-1959).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 12, 2016 8:22 AM

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