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Planetary Names: Facula, faculae: Nzoka Facula on Mercury

Nzoka Facula

Feature Name	Nzoka Facula
Clean Name	Nzoka Facula
Feature ID	15748
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Facula, faculae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	15.60 °
Southernmost Latitude	15.20 °
Easternmost Longitude	194.40 °
Westernmost Longitude	195.00 °
Diameter	20.00 km
Center Latitude	15.40 °
Center Longitude	194.70 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((165.0349306637749 15.47954619388427, 165.0405229844633 15.37142799390668, 165.0852615499714 15.29313550426774, 165.137456543064 15.24466872496743, 165.2772645602763 15.19620194566715, 165.4058879361117 15.20738658704413, 165.4935009602315 15.2689021146176, 165.5363754188433 15.33414585598336, 165.5473054936189 15.42490048821937, 165.5289189912586 15.52428475939222, 165.4580829292044 15.61935421109665, 165.329459553369 15.65477224212378, 165.2082926051182 15.65104402833147, 165.1244077947908 15.61935421109665, 165.0610281603211 15.55411046973087, 165.0349306637749 15.47954619388427)))
Continent	Africa
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Kenya
Quad	H-08 [pdf]
Reference	[462] - The New Kikamba-English Dictionary, by Joseph Kibwaa: Book Venture Publishing LLC, 2015.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 16, 2018
Origin	Kamba (Kenya) word for snake.
Last Updated	Apr 16, 2018 12:51 PM

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