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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Heaney on Mercury

Heaney

Feature Name	Heaney
Clean Name	Heaney
Feature ID	15565
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	-32.35 °
Southernmost Latitude	-35.21 °
Easternmost Longitude	236.08 °
Westernmost Longitude	239.36 °
Diameter	125.00 km
Center Latitude	-33.77 °
Center Longitude	237.71 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((122.1615338705228 -35.29080445163825, 121.9068437389261 -35.25448785156191, 121.6615996681646 -35.1827488866311, 121.4318403811789 -35.07735400825023, 121.2232233141422 -34.94089838811072, 121.040885311605 -34.7767420164506, 120.8893161403351 -34.5889269679439, 120.7722479363581 -34.38207787240722, 120.6925633073835 -34.16128804106555, 120.6522243534343 -33.93199405232591, 120.6522243534343 -33.69984188517418, 120.6925633073835 -33.47054789643454, 120.7722479363581 -33.24975806509288, 120.8893161403351 -33.04290896955621, 121.040885311605 -32.85509392104949, 121.2232233141422 -32.69093754938938, 121.4318403811789 -32.55448192924987, 121.6615996681646 -32.449087050869, 121.9068437389261 -32.37734808593819, 122.1615338705228 -32.34103148586185, 122.4193987466468 -32.34103148586185, 122.6740888782436 -32.37734808593819, 122.9193329490051 -32.449087050869, 123.1490922359907 -32.55448192924987, 123.3577093030274 -32.69093754938938, 123.5400473055646 -32.85509392104949, 123.6916164768347 -33.04290896955621, 123.8086846808114 -33.24975806509288, 123.8883693097862 -33.47054789643454, 123.9287082637353 -33.69984188517418, 123.9287082637353 -33.93199405232591, 123.8883693097862 -34.16128804106555, 123.8086846808114 -34.38207787240722, 123.6916164768347 -34.5889269679439, 123.5400473055646 -34.7767420164506, 123.3577093030274 -34.94089838811072, 123.1490922359907 -35.07735400825023, 122.9193329490051 -35.18274888663109, 122.6740888782436 -35.25448785156191, 122.4193987466468 -35.29080445163825, 122.1615338705228 -35.29080445163825))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Ireland
Quad	H-13 [pdf]
Reference	[423] - New York Times obituary, by Margalit Fox: published in New York Times, August 30, 2013.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Mar 20, 2017
Origin	Seamus Justin; Irish poet and playwright (1939 - 2013).
Last Updated	Mar 21, 2017 9:31 AM

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