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Planetary Names: Facula, faculae: Pampu Facula on Mercury

Pampu Facula

Feature Name	Pampu Facula
Clean Name	Pampu Facula
Feature ID	15816
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Facula, faculae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	-56.36 °
Southernmost Latitude	-59.16 °
Easternmost Longitude	29.60 °
Westernmost Longitude	33.98 °
Diameter	120.44 km
Center Latitude	-57.76 °
Center Longitude	31.79 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((326.3790893554688 -56.67437744140625, 326.8358764648438 -57.2882080078125, 326.0078735351562 -57.6165771484375, 326.7216796875 -58.10198974609375, 326.8433227539062 -58.7462158203125, 327.1002807617188 -59.17449951171875, 327.5784912109375 -59.01568603515625, 328.078125 -58.6016845703125, 328.5206909179688 -58.373291015625, 329.3630981445312 -57.98779296875, 330.3623046875 -57.531005859375, 330.3909301757812 -57.05987548828125, 329.7913208007812 -56.94561767578125, 328.7918701171875 -56.97418212890625, 327.8925170898438 -56.5601806640625, 327.021484375 -56.34600830078125, 326.3790893554688 -56.67437744140625)))
Continent	Asia
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	India
Quad	H-11 [pdf]
Reference	[512] - A History of Indian Literature, 500-1399: From Courtly to the Popular, by Sisir Kumar Das. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. 2005.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 16, 2019
Origin	Tamil (SE India and NE Sri Lanka) word for snake. Another spelling is ‘pambu’.
Last Updated	Apr 16, 2019 1:30 PM

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