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Planetary Names: Facula, faculae: Suge Facula on Mercury

Suge Facula

Feature Name	Suge Facula
Clean Name	Suge Facula
Feature ID	15726
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Facula, faculae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	26.50 °
Southernmost Latitude	25.80 °
Easternmost Longitude	300.00 °
Westernmost Longitude	300.80 °
Diameter	32.00 km
Center Latitude	26.10 °
Center Longitude	300.40 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((59.25490683012684 26.27898440570132, 59.21451784737656 26.19199275054694, 59.17412886462628 26.10189425056561, 59.20209046806882 26.00868890575737, 59.26422736460762 25.91859040577604, 59.34811217493507 25.84402612992944, 59.49102703697436 25.78188923339059, 59.63394189901374 25.77256869890977, 59.73025408864899 25.81917137131387, 59.81413889897645 25.88130826785272, 59.89181001964999 25.91859040577604, 59.93530584722707 26.00558206093041, 59.9912290541121 26.06771895746924, 60.00054958859288 26.15471061262362, 59.93219900240005 26.21374066433551, 59.91355793343853 26.27277071604741, 59.89802370930378 26.32869392293237, 59.8638484162075 26.3690829056826, 59.81413889897645 26.43743349187531, 59.77064307139917 26.4933566987603, 59.70229248520644 26.49646354358721, 59.61840767487897 26.48714300910641, 59.52520233007063 26.46228825049088, 59.43199698526256 26.44675402635614, 59.33568479562744 26.38461712981731, 59.25490683012684 26.27898440570132)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Basque
Quad	H-05 [pdf]
Reference	[453] - Basque-English Dictionary, by G. Aulestia: University of Nevada Press.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 02, 2018
Origin	Basque word for snake.
Last Updated	Apr 03, 2018 9:15 AM

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