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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Neidr Facula
Clean Name Neidr Facula
Feature ID 15725
Target Mercury
Feature Type Facula, faculae

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 36.90 °
Southmost Latitude 34.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 301.40 °
Westmost Longitude 303.80 °
Diameter 90.00 km
Center Latitude 35.90 °
Center Longitude 302.70 °
Quad H-05 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 02, 2018
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Wales
Origin Welsh word for snake.
Reference [452] - Geiriadur yr Academi – The Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary Online, by Bruce Griffiths, Dafydd Glyn Jones (http://geiriaduracademi.org/).
Updated Apr 03, 2018 9:05 AM

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