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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Heaney
Clean Name Heaney
Feature ID 15565
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -32.35 °
Southmost Latitude -35.21 °
Eastmost Longitude 236.08 °
Westmost Longitude 239.36 °
Diameter 125.00 km
Center Latitude -33.77 °
Center Longitude 237.71 °
Quad H-13 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 20, 2017
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Ireland
Origin Seamus Justin; Irish poet and playwright (1939 - 2013).
Reference [423] - New York Times obituary, by Margalit Fox: published in New York Times, August 30, 2013.
Updated Mar 21, 2017 9:31 AM

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