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Planetary Names: Facula, faculae: Nākahi Facula on Mercury

Nākahi Facula

Feature Name	Nākahi Facula
Clean Name	Nakahi Facula
Feature ID	15753
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Facula, faculae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	-52.10 °
Southernmost Latitude	-53.40 °
Easternmost Longitude	341.20 °
Westernmost Longitude	343.30 °
Diameter	64.00 km
Center Latitude	-52.70 °
Center Longitude	342.20 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((16.68586066259803 -53.23625769791741, 16.75545398672153 -53.26359793239452, 16.83001826256811 -53.28348173928691, 16.92446634530714 -53.31082197376402, 17.05371109010796 -53.34810411168731, 17.14567369698539 -53.3704733944413, 17.19289773835496 -53.36798791857975, 17.25006368317059 -53.35307506341044, 17.33456986246345 -53.32076387721024, 17.39919223486386 -53.30336554617935, 17.44144532451024 -53.2859672151485, 17.49364031760289 -53.26856888411761, 17.58063197275723 -53.25365602894829, 17.65022529688073 -53.24868507722517, 17.74218790375826 -53.24371412550208, 17.84160693822037 -53.24371412550208, 17.98825001405205 -53.24122864964054, 18.05038691059087 -53.25365602894829, 18.13240761402213 -53.26856888411761, 18.21939926917648 -53.27851078756383, 18.2790506898538 -53.25862698067139, 18.32876020708486 -53.23128674619432, 18.38592615190059 -53.19649008413253, 18.46297590360887 -53.14678056690149, 18.522627324286 -53.08464367036263, 18.5897351725481 -53.02002129796224, 18.67424135184086 -52.93302964280791, 18.73637824837968 -52.87586369799214, 18.74880562768744 -52.83609608420731, 18.76868943457988 -52.76153180836069, 18.77117491044137 -52.68199658079099, 18.77117491044137 -52.56517921529797, 18.76868943457988 -52.49558589117448, 18.75626205527212 -52.4135651877432, 18.71152348976415 -52.36137019465055, 18.62204635874821 -52.31414615328104, 18.53008375187067 -52.28929139466553, 18.44557757257792 -52.25698020846533, 18.3486440139773 -52.23958187743445, 18.26662331054604 -52.23461092571134, 18.14732046919149 -52.22963997398822, 18.09015452437575 -52.22218354640359, 17.95345335199025 -52.21721259468045, 17.81923765546634 -52.21472711881893, 17.71981862100423 -52.20478521537269, 17.65271077274232 -52.17495950503405, 17.56571911758788 -52.13767736711075, 17.47872746243353 -52.11282260849523, 17.39919223486386 -52.09542427746435, 17.31220057970951 -52.07305499471035, 17.22272344869357 -52.07554047057189, 17.12081893836987 -52.07554047057189, 17.06613846941573 -52.09293880160279, 17.02637085563084 -52.11779356021832, 16.96174848323043 -52.15507569814165, 16.88718420738385 -52.19732878778802, 16.82753278670662 -52.25698020846533, 16.82007635912184 -52.30917520155796, 16.81261993153726 -52.381254001543, 16.81261993153726 -52.45084732566652, 16.82753278670662 -52.52789707737463, 16.84244564187588 -52.5900339739135, 16.85238754532205 -52.66211277389856, 16.85238754532205 -52.72673514629896, 16.83747469015279 -52.76650276008378, 16.80516350395258 -52.81124132559174, 16.76788136602919 -52.84355251179195, 16.75048303499845 -52.88083464971527, 16.76042493844461 -52.92805869108477, 16.77782326947547 -52.95539892556189, 16.8001925522294 -52.99516653934672, 16.81759088326025 -53.04239058071622, 16.79770707636791 -53.099556525532, 16.74054113155217 -53.14926604276303, 16.70325899362888 -53.18654818068637, 16.68586066259803 -53.23625769791741)))
Continent	Oceania
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	New Zealand
Quad	H-14 [pdf]
Reference	[477] - Papahurihia, first Maori prophet, by Ormond Wilson: The Journal of the Polynesian Society, Volume 74, 1965.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	May 01, 2018
Origin	Māori word for snake.
Last Updated	May 01, 2018 8:40 AM

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