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Planetary Names: Facula, faculae: Thueban Facula on Mercury

Thueban Facula

Feature Name	Thueban Facula
Clean Name	Thueban Facula
Feature ID	15729
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Facula, faculae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	49.00 °
Southernmost Latitude	48.40 °
Easternmost Longitude	200.20 °
Westernmost Longitude	200.80 °
Diameter	25.00 km
Center Latitude	48.70 °
Center Longitude	200.50 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((159.2709950634008 48.85854457869141, 159.2373615186758 48.79127748924152, 159.2098431639009 48.68579046260415, 159.2220735438009 48.57877463847934, 159.2572358860132 48.48704678922947, 159.3260317729507 48.43201007967952, 159.4483355719505 48.3769733701296, 159.5645241810003 48.38461735756708, 159.6852991825127 48.41977969977955, 159.7800846267375 48.50233476410442, 159.8259485513625 48.56501546109184, 159.8458229186999 48.67967527265417, 159.8320637413124 48.75611514702905, 159.7831422217125 48.84478540130396, 159.6852991825127 48.9334556555788, 159.5736969659254 48.95944521286629, 159.4834979141629 48.96097401035379, 159.404000444813 48.9380420480413, 159.3367333553632 48.90746609829136, 159.2709950634008 48.85854457869141)))
Continent	Asia
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Arabian
Quad	H-04 [pdf]
Reference	[456] - Cambridge Dictionary, English-Arabic (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-arabic/).
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 02, 2018
Origin	Arabic word for snake.
Last Updated	Apr 03, 2018 11:42 AM

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