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Planetary Names: Facula, faculae: Nathair Facula on Mercury

Nathair Facula

Feature Name	Nathair Facula
Clean Name	Nathair Facula
Feature ID	15724
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Facula, faculae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	39.20 °
Southernmost Latitude	32.80 °
Easternmost Longitude	291.50 °
Westernmost Longitude	299.50 °
Diameter	270.00 km
Center Latitude	36.00 °
Center Longitude	295.50 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((60.98294018001402 37.86308019652829, 60.59424410050065 37.41228217854675, 60.56887862766708 36.37229779236656, 60.67034051900178 35.63669908019036, 61.00009166583938 34.9264658408478, 61.38057375834433 34.38110817492403, 62.21763436185517 33.51868209857953, 63.3971288486205 33.08746906040726, 64.25955492496503 32.87186254132111, 64.88513728265286 32.86727371480571, 66.1775847306607 33.2649498526543, 66.8983727305113 33.63777123188732, 67.34265154076395 34.24355581217507, 67.54770329934212 34.8400700189479, 67.75275505792034 35.26881460506589, 67.8677083165172 35.67586143836123, 68.44110844896794 36.38776392127217, 68.444351484253 36.82881672004703, 68.37624774326578 37.19203667197929, 68.1659654199036 37.63938736898849, 67.45212471383361 38.2045635123001, 66.57009428901908 38.41804858327429, 65.75505383419676 38.75785150668757, 64.34535512834061 39.20457252896873, 63.47456075989322 39.19333647260166, 62.73762655494523 39.02298970348431, 62.33177898960666 38.82006592081501, 61.97666236993537 38.56641119247838, 61.38061631786244 38.11162778268367, 60.98294018001402 37.86308019652829)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Ireland
Quad	H-05 [pdf]
Reference	[422] - Irish-English English-Irish Easy Reference Dictionary, Educational Company of Ireland: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 02, 2018
Origin	Irish word for snake.
Last Updated	Apr 03, 2018 8:53 AM

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