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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Slang Faculae
Clean Name Slang Faculae
Feature ID 15730
Target Mercury
Feature Type Facula, faculae

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 26.50 °
Southmost Latitude 22.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 177.10 °
Westmost Longitude 181.60 °
Diameter 204.00 km
Center Latitude 24.50 °
Center Longitude 179.30 °
Quad H-03 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 02, 2018
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Afrikaans
Origin Afrikaans word for snake.
Reference [457] - Afrikaans-English, English-Afrikaans Dictionary, by Jan Kromhout: Hippocrene Books, 2001.
Updated Apr 03, 2018 11:52 AM

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