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Planetary Names: Facula, faculae: Gata Facula on Mercury

Gata Facula

Feature Name	Gata Facula
Clean Name	Gata Facula
Feature ID	15752
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Facula, faculae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	-52.50 °
Southernmost Latitude	-53.40 °
Easternmost Longitude	320.40 °
Westernmost Longitude	322.40 °
Diameter	55.00 km
Center Latitude	-52.90 °
Center Longitude	321.40 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((38.0988563756272 -53.24090257328912, 38.13054619286191 -53.26700006983546, 38.16410011699291 -53.28191292500476, 38.2013822549162 -53.29309756638176, 38.22934385835872 -53.30801042155107, 38.25357724800885 -53.33224381120122, 38.29645170662062 -53.37325416291687, 38.34305437902479 -53.38071059050155, 38.40084169280592 -53.40121576635934, 38.44930847210618 -53.40121576635934, 38.52387274795277 -53.40680808704784, 38.57793184794161 -53.40494398015165, 38.62453452034567 -53.39748755256702, 38.650632016892 -53.38816701808618, 38.69909879619235 -53.36579773533219, 38.76247843066187 -53.36393362843606, 38.82585806513158 -53.36206952153988, 38.8892376996012 -53.3602054146437, 38.94888912027853 -53.36766184222837, 39.03836625129426 -53.37884648360536, 39.12038695472563 -53.38257469739767, 39.18003837540296 -53.36952594912455, 39.23223336849551 -53.34529255947439, 39.27883604089977 -53.32665149051274, 39.31052585813448 -53.30614631465492, 39.38881834777345 -53.22039739743132, 39.40373120294281 -53.20921275605433, 39.43542102017751 -53.17938704571569, 39.48575190637397 -53.15515365606556, 39.52862636498585 -53.13278437331158, 39.56777260980533 -53.10109455607674, 39.59759832014385 -53.06194831125729, 39.61810349600179 -53.01348153195701, 39.62183170979407 -52.99297635609916, 39.60691885462472 -52.94078136300653, 39.58641367876687 -52.92027618714872, 39.55472386153217 -52.89231458370625, 39.52489815119345 -52.86994530095227, 39.49693654775104 -52.84571191130211, 39.49134422706256 -52.80842977337881, 39.4764313718932 -52.78046816993636, 39.47829547878939 -52.72827317684371, 39.47829547878939 -52.68912693202425, 39.45406208913926 -52.66489354237409, 39.41491584431978 -52.6332037251393, 39.35899263743484 -52.60151390790451, 39.28815657538055 -52.56982409066967, 39.23968979608028 -52.55304712860419, 39.15580498575272 -52.52508552516172, 39.07937660300995 -52.51762909757709, 39.00854054095576 -52.51949320447322, 38.95448144096691 -52.52508552516172, 38.89296591339349 -52.54559070101956, 38.83890681340465 -52.55491123550037, 38.74942968238881 -52.56050355618886, 38.68791415481529 -52.55863944929268, 38.64131148241123 -52.52881373895408, 38.62267041344948 -52.50458034930391, 38.59470881000716 -52.49153160103075, 38.5108239996796 -52.48966749413457, 38.4437161514176 -52.48780338723843, 38.33186973764772 -52.48966749413457, 38.27408242386669 -52.48966749413457, 38.20324636181229 -52.48407517344607, 38.13613851355049 -52.47848285275758, 38.08953584114622 -52.47661874586144, 38.03547674115758 -52.46543410448444, 37.96277657220709 -52.46170589069213, 37.88261997567203 -52.46170589069213, 37.84720194464483 -52.46916231827676, 37.79873516534457 -52.47475463896527, 37.75958892052518 -52.50085213551155, 37.72417088949788 -52.51576499068091, 37.68875285847079 -52.55118302170806, 37.63096554468966 -52.57728051825434, 37.59741162055875 -52.60897033548914, 37.59927572745485 -52.63506783203547, 37.59927572745485 -52.67048586306259, 37.61046036883192 -52.71522442857055, 37.63282965158585 -52.76928352855936, 37.65519893433989 -52.81215798717113, 37.69248107226318 -52.84011959061362, 37.72789910329028 -52.85876065957527, 37.76518124121357 -52.86994530095227, 37.81551212741002 -52.88858636991394, 37.85279426533331 -52.91468386646024, 37.88448408256822 -52.94264546990271, 37.92735854117989 -52.96501475265669, 37.9590483584148 -53.00043278368384, 37.97023299979177 -53.0395790285033, 37.98514585496103 -53.07686116642659, 38.00565103081887 -53.10109455607674, 38.03547674115758 -53.12719205262304, 38.0634383446 -53.15888186985787, 38.08021530666545 -53.18870758019653, 38.0988563756272 -53.24090257328912)))
Continent	Oceania
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Fiji
Quad	H-14 [pdf]
Reference	[476] - The Fijian Language, by Albert J. Schütz: University of Hawaii Press, 1985.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	May 01, 2018
Origin	Fijian and Samoan word for snake.
Last Updated	May 01, 2018 8:34 AM

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