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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Burney on Pluto

Burney

Feature Name	Burney
Clean Name	Burney
Feature ID	15680
Target	Pluto
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	52.79 °
Southernmost Latitude	38.79 °
Easternmost Longitude	142.64 °
Westernmost Longitude	124.99 °
Diameter	296.00 km
Center Latitude	45.68 °
Center Longitude	133.79 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((139.0658779144287 39.61047554016113, 140.4660892486572 40.96746635437012, 141.4634685516357 42.03438758850098, 142.6376781463623 44.83481025695801, 142.417631149292 47.78719520568848, 140.5996952056885 50.36708641052246, 138.2830715179443 51.64560508728027, 134.8306636810303 52.31282234191895, 132.3564167022705 52.7909984588623, 130.2230625152588 52.42840766906738, 128.4339389801025 51.52092933654785, 126.5261058807373 50.09689521789551, 125.3608303070068 48.07629585266113, 124.9868144989014 46.12226295471191, 125.6300067901611 43.22416877746582, 126.9128589630127 40.83420372009277, 129.5812892913818 39.57673835754395, 132.9802646636963 38.81624031066895, 136.5376567840576 38.7899227142334, 139.0658779144287 39.61047554016113)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Great Britain
Quad	-
Reference	[59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Aug 08, 2017
Origin	Venetia; British schoolgirl, who suggested in 1930 the name “Pluto” for Tombaugh’s newly discovered planet (1918–2009).
Last Updated	Sep 15, 2017 11:16 AM

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