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Planetary Names: Facula, faculae: Neidr Facula on Mercury

Neidr Facula

Feature Name	Neidr Facula
Clean Name	Neidr Facula
Feature ID	15725
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Facula, faculae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	36.90 °
Southernmost Latitude	34.90 °
Easternmost Longitude	301.40 °
Westernmost Longitude	303.80 °
Diameter	90.00 km
Center Latitude	35.90 °
Center Longitude	302.70 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((56.48681790795779 36.61468573270066, 56.3492290656218 36.56117896068114, 56.2498593461569 36.45416541664199, 56.22692787243429 36.2936451005833, 56.21928404786005 36.10254948622777, 56.21164022328581 35.98789211761443, 56.22692787243429 35.71271443294242, 56.30336611817647 35.52161881858686, 56.39509201306713 35.39931762539931, 56.6091191011454 35.3687423271024, 56.69320117146172 35.33816702880554, 56.80785854007509 35.22350966019223, 56.88429678581737 35.17000288817263, 56.98366650528227 35.06298934413353, 57.1518306459152 34.98655109839132, 57.25120036537999 34.93304432637174, 57.38878920771598 34.85660608062955, 57.5722409974973 34.8413184314811, 57.74040513813024 34.89482520350067, 57.90856927876317 34.97126344924288, 58.09202106854449 35.05534551955932, 58.29076050747428 35.14707141444997, 58.35955492864223 35.22350966019223, 58.4742122972556 35.34581085337974, 58.52771906927506 35.43753674827043, 58.57358201672029 35.51397499401265, 58.58886966586897 35.75857738038776, 58.59651349044311 35.85030327527842, 58.54300671842354 36.06433036335664, 58.46656847268136 36.20956303026686, 58.313691981197 36.3318642234544, 58.2143222617319 36.4618092412162, 58.1531716651382 36.59175425897795, 58.08437724397025 36.69112397844283, 57.8932816296147 36.75991839961086, 57.64867924323958 36.84400046992729, 57.48051510260664 36.84400046992729, 57.3123509619738 36.89750724194686, 57.04481710187607 36.89750724194686, 56.90722825953998 36.88986341737265, 56.73906411890714 36.7675622241851, 56.58618762742268 36.68348015386862, 56.48681790795779 36.61468573270066)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Wales
Quad	H-05 [pdf]
Reference	[452] - Geiriadur yr Academi – The Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary Online, by Bruce Griffiths, Dafydd Glyn Jones (http://geiriaduracademi.org/).
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 02, 2018
Origin	Welsh word for snake.
Last Updated	Apr 03, 2018 9:05 AM

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