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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Havu Facula
Clean Name Havu Facula
Feature ID 15819
Target Mercury
Feature Type Facula, faculae

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -51.96 °
Southmost Latitude -52.48 °
Eastmost Longitude 28.09 °
Westmost Longitude 28.80 °
Diameter 23.00 km
Center Latitude -52.22 °
Center Longitude 28.45 °
Quad H-11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 16, 2019
Continent Asia
Culture India
Origin Kannada (SW India) word for snake.
Reference [515] - Nomads in the Mysore City, by Promode Kumar Misra, Chennkeswara Ramanuja Rajalakshmi, Isaac Verghese. Anthropological Survey of India, 1971.
Updated Apr 16, 2019 1:51 PM

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