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Planetary Names: Facula, faculae: Havu Facula on Mercury

Havu Facula

Feature Name	Havu Facula
Clean Name	Havu Facula
Feature ID	15819
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Facula, faculae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	-51.96 °
Southernmost Latitude	-52.48 °
Easternmost Longitude	28.09 °
Westernmost Longitude	28.80 °
Diameter	23.00 km
Center Latitude	-52.22 °
Center Longitude	28.45 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((331.3046875 -51.9534912109375, 331.1998901367188 -52.29620361328125, 331.3616943359375 -52.47698974609375, 331.6948852539062 -52.410400390625, 331.9138793945312 -52.20098876953125, 331.6663208007812 -51.97259521484375, 331.3046875 -51.9534912109375)))
Continent	Asia
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	India
Quad	H-11 [pdf]
Reference	[515] - Nomads in the Mysore City, by Promode Kumar Misra, Chennkeswara Ramanuja Rajalakshmi, Isaac Verghese. Anthropological Survey of India, 1971.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 16, 2019
Origin	Kannada (SW India) word for snake.
Last Updated	Apr 16, 2019 1:51 PM

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