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| Feature Name | Unity Rupes |
|---|---|
| Clean Name | Unity Rupes |
| Feature ID | 15471 |
| Target | Mercury |
| Feature Type | Rupes, rupēs |
| Coordinate System | Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360 |
|---|---|
| Northmost Latitude | 29.18 ° |
| Southmost Latitude | 24.01 ° |
| Eastmost Longitude | 271.87 ° |
| Westmost Longitude | 277.58 ° |
| Diameter | 350.00 km |
| Center Latitude | 27.16 ° |
| Center Longitude | 275.20 ° |
| WKT String | |
| Quad | H-05 [pdf] |
| Approval Status | Adopted by IAU |
|---|---|
| Approval Date | Jan 30, 2016 |
| Continent | Europe |
| Culture | England |
| 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. |
| Reference | [390] - Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas, by Alan H. Cook: Clarendon Press, 1998. |
| Updated | Oct 07, 2016 12:00 PM |
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