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Planetary Names: Facula, faculae: Agwo Facula on Mercury

Agwo Facula

Feature Name	Agwo Facula
Clean Name	Agwo Facula
Feature ID	15727
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Facula, faculae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	23.00 °
Southernmost Latitude	21.80 °
Easternmost Longitude	213.10 °
Westernmost Longitude	214.30 °
Diameter	50.00 km
Center Latitude	22.40 °
Center Longitude	213.70 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((145.6749384509918 22.35811949845904, 145.7042689707374 22.16502691013429, 145.7824836900588 22.025706941343, 145.8949173490833 21.9352711721276, 146.0293488979171 21.85461224282734, 146.1955551764751 21.82283751310302, 146.4130898645878 21.83017014303942, 146.5572982533367 21.90349644240324, 146.6550666524885 21.95971327191551, 146.7235045318948 22.0183743114066, 146.8066076711737 22.08192377085527, 146.8508141585488 22.19930203857256, 146.8689443904222 22.34928850225214, 146.8491659556513 22.47784832826325, 146.8237171410253 22.60742891629611, 146.7479466316828 22.80052150462087, 146.5670750932519 22.94228568339098, 146.4255778109737 22.98219841492209, 146.268881475839 22.99361409294567, 146.1222288771113 22.9740604131153, 145.958466808532 22.89584569379387, 145.8558099894227 22.82496360440884, 145.792260529974 22.71252994538429, 145.7213784405889 22.59031944644455, 145.6822710809283 22.47788578742, 145.6749384509918 22.35811949845904)))
Continent	Africa
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Nigeria
Quad	H-04 [pdf]
Reference	[454] - Igbo-English, English-Igbo Dictionary and Phrasebook, by N. Awde and O. Wambu: Hippocrene Books, 1999.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 02, 2018
Origin	Igbo (Southeastern Nigeria) word for snake.
Last Updated	Apr 03, 2018 9:41 AM

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