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Planetary Names: Facula, faculae: Orm Faculae on Mercury

Orm Faculae

Feature Name	Orm Faculae
Clean Name	Orm Faculae
Feature ID	15815
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Facula, faculae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	27.90 °
Southernmost Latitude	25.25 °
Easternmost Longitude	58.39 °
Westernmost Longitude	60.97 °
Diameter	125.00 km
Center Latitude	26.58 °
Center Longitude	59.68 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((300.3493041992188 28.00567626953125, 300.4505004882812 27.648681640625, 300.53369140625 27.4049072265625, 300.5277099609375 27.018310546875, 300.2778930664062 26.7445068359375, 299.9151000976562 26.51251220703125, 299.5640869140625 26.435302734375, 299.117919921875 26.4591064453125, 298.9334716796875 26.2626953125, 298.8919067382812 26.06048583984375, 299.1356811523438 25.81072998046875, 299.510498046875 25.58447265625, 299.9091186523438 25.50732421875, 300.3433227539062 25.56072998046875, 300.973876953125 25.77490234375, 301.2772827148438 26.14971923828125, 301.5211181640625 26.62548828125, 301.57470703125 26.81591796875, 301.527099609375 27.24432373046875, 301.146484375 27.5477294921875, 300.72412109375 27.9224853515625, 300.3493041992188 28.00567626953125)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Sweden
Quad	H-02 [pdf]
Reference	[511] - Elementary Swedish Grammar, by Harold Howie Borland. J. Groos, 1936.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 16, 2019
Origin	Swedish word for snake.
Last Updated	Apr 16, 2019 1:23 PM

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