Planetary Names

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Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Unity Rupes on Mercury

Unity Rupes

Feature Name	Unity Rupes
Clean Name	Unity Rupes
Feature ID	15471
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	29.18 °
Southernmost Latitude	24.01 °
Easternmost Longitude	271.87 °
Westernmost Longitude	277.58 °
Diameter	350.00 km
Center Latitude	27.16 °
Center Longitude	275.20 °
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Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	England
Quad	H-05 [pdf]
Reference	[390] - Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas, by Alan H. Cook: Clarendon Press, 1998.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Jan 30, 2016
Origin	English vessel which took Edmond Halley to Saint Helena in 1676 to conduct a survey of the stars in the southern hemisphere. While there, Halley observed the 1677 transit of Mercury which enabled him to make one of the earliest calculations to estimate the size of the solar system.
Last Updated	Oct 07, 2016 12:00 PM

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