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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Villa-Lobos
Clean Name Villa Lobos
Feature ID 15397
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 6.03 °
Southmost Latitude 4.51 °
Eastmost Longitude 352.41 °
Westmost Longitude 354.00 °
Diameter 67.00 km
Center Latitude 5.27 °
Center Longitude 353.21 °
Quad H-10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 25, 2015
Continent South and Central America
Ethnicity Brazil
Origin Heitor; Brazilian composer (1887-1959).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 14, 2016 10:36 AM

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