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Planetary Names: Fossa, fossae: Borobudur Fossae on Mercury

Borobudur Fossae

Feature Name	Borobudur Fossae
Clean Name	Borobudur Fossae
Feature ID	15812
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Fossa, fossae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	-28.54 °
Southernmost Latitude	-36.99 °
Easternmost Longitude	266.10 °
Westernmost Longitude	276.90 °
Diameter	395.00 km
Center Latitude	-32.77 °
Center Longitude	271.50 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((87.699462890625 -28.545227050781, 88.490478515625 -28.523254394531, 90.270263671875 -28.655090332031, 91.456787109375 -29.094543457031, 92.445556640625 -29.929504394531, 93.082763671875 -30.588684082031, 93.851806640625 -31.203918457031, 94.071533203125 -32.060852050781, 94.071533203125 -32.983703613281, 93.829833984375 -34.126281738281, 93.610107421875 -35.180969238281, 93.082763671875 -36.213684082031, 92.137939453125 -36.565246582031, 91.544677734375 -37.136535644531, 89.655029296875 -37.444152832031, 88.754150390625 -37.466125488281, 87.018310546875 -37.246398925781, 85.875732421875 -36.828918457031, 84.733154296875 -36.103820800781, 83.854248046875 -35.093078613281, 83.239013671875 -33.928527832031, 83.260986328125 -31.291809082031, 84.535400390625 -29.468078613281, 86.227294921875 -28.699035644531, 87.699462890625 -28.545227050781))
kml download	Borobudur Fossae.kml
Continent	Asia
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Indonesia
Quad	H-14 [pdf]
Reference	[510] - Cultural Landscape Management at Borobudur, Indonesia, by Masanori Nagaoka. Springer, 2016.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 03, 2019
Origin	A 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, in Central Java, Indonesia, consisting of nine stacked platforms and topped by a central dome.
Last Updated	Apr 03, 2019 12:55 PM

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