Planetary Names

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

Planetary Names: Facula, faculae: Ibab Facula on Mercury

Ibab Facula

Feature Name	Ibab Facula
Clean Name	Ibab Facula
Feature ID	15749
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Facula, faculae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	14.60 °
Southernmost Latitude	14.30 °
Easternmost Longitude	199.00 °
Westernmost Longitude	199.30 °
Diameter	13.00 km
Center Latitude	14.50 °
Center Longitude	199.20 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((160.65675877558 14.49692924353794, 160.6675751247377 14.42957288741932, 160.6923271432772 14.37767673360385, 160.7472227867174 14.34156713745407, 160.8224333311832 14.31641356856786, 160.8981600226913 14.34451705086074, 160.9569422618122 14.38410747119384, 160.9802435980143 14.44624436773265, 160.9802435980143 14.51561202844675, 160.9566666385899 14.57510194881427, 160.9140801193372 14.61136701221623, 160.8662915221494 14.63526131081016, 160.8249038397593 14.64196665269848, 160.7791886244693 14.6331000274523, 160.731696011859 14.6093537211471, 160.6820180298974 14.55967573918561, 160.65675877558 14.49692924353794)))
Continent	Africa
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Ethiopia
Quad	H-08 [pdf]
Reference	[463] - Studies in Language, Volume 33, Issues 3-4, by Foundations of Language: J. Benjamins, 2009.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 16, 2018
Origin	Amharic (Ethiopia) word for snake.
Last Updated	Apr 16, 2018 12:54 PM

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