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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Suge Facula
Clean Name Suge Facula
Feature ID 15726
Target Mercury
Feature Type Facula, faculae

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 26.50 °
Southmost Latitude 25.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 300.00 °
Westmost Longitude 300.80 °
Diameter 32.00 km
Center Latitude 26.10 °
Center Longitude 300.40 °
Quad H-05 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 02, 2018
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Basque
Origin Basque word for snake.
Reference [453] - Basque-English Dictionary, by G. Aulestia: University of Nevada Press.
Updated Apr 03, 2018 9:15 AM

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