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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Namatjira on Mercury

Namatjira

Feature Name	Namatjira
Clean Name	Namatjira
Feature ID	15394
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	59.21 °
Southernmost Latitude	58.43 °
Easternmost Longitude	32.27 °
Westernmost Longitude	33.81 °
Diameter	34.00 km
Center Latitude	58.82 °
Center Longitude	33.04 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((326.9017321642166 58.42857483374359, 326.7817651388908 58.43816510832949, 326.666247503937 58.45710951311268, 326.5580236869089 58.48494157397452, 326.4597585173566 58.52097597320729, 326.3738716098777 58.56432542431057, 326.3024777851766 58.6139225199296, 326.2473349961593 58.66854601496695, 326.2098010413009 58.72685089768978, 326.190800131137 58.78740150838263, 326.190800131137 58.84870689005432, 326.2098010413009 58.90925750074717, 326.2473349961593 58.96756238347, 326.3024777851766 59.02218587850732, 326.3738716098777 59.07178297412638, 326.4597585173566 59.11513242522965, 326.5580236869089 59.15116682446242, 326.666247503937 59.17899888532427, 326.7817651388908 59.1979432901075, 326.9017321642166 59.20753356469336, 327.0231945936038 59.20753356469336, 327.1431616189297 59.1979432901075, 327.2586792538834 59.17899888532427, 327.3669030709114 59.15116682446242, 327.4651682404637 59.11513242522965, 327.5510551479423 59.07178297412638, 327.6224489726437 59.02218587850732, 327.6775917616611 58.96756238347, 327.7151257165195 58.90925750074717, 327.7341266266832 58.84870689005432, 327.7341266266832 58.78740150838263, 327.7151257165195 58.72685089768978, 327.6775917616611 58.66854601496695, 327.6224489726437 58.6139225199296, 327.5510551479423 58.56432542431057, 327.4651682404637 58.5209759732073, 327.3669030709114 58.48494157397452, 327.2586792538834 58.45710951311268, 327.1431616189297 58.43816510832949, 327.0231945936038 58.42857483374359, 326.9017321642166 58.42857483374359))
Continent	Oceania
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Australia
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	Albert; Australian Aboriginal artist, pioneer of contemporary Indigenous Australian art (1902-1959).
Last Updated	Oct 12, 2016 8:22 AM

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