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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Du Fu
Clean Name Du Fu
Feature ID 15396
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 25.38 °
Southmost Latitude 24.62 °
Eastmost Longitude 93.22 °
Westmost Longitude 94.09 °
Diameter 33.00 km
Center Latitude 25.00 °
Center Longitude 93.66 °
Quad H-03 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 25, 2015
Continent Asia
Culture China
Origin Tu Fu; Chinese poet (712-770).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 11:48 AM

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