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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Kerouac on Mercury

Kerouac

Feature Name	Kerouac
Clean Name	Kerouac
Feature ID	15416
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	26.51 °
Southernmost Latitude	23.92 °
Easternmost Longitude	229.53 °
Westernmost Longitude	232.26 °
Diameter	110.00 km
Center Latitude	25.21 °
Center Longitude	230.90 °
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Continent	North America
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	United States
Quad	H-04 [pdf]
Reference	[376] - New York Times obituary, by Joseph Lelyveld: published in New York Times 10/22/1969 (https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/09/07/home/kerouac-obit.html).
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Oct 12, 2015
Origin	Jack, American poet and author (1922-1969).
Last Updated	Oct 11, 2016 2:26 PM

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