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Planetary Names: Mons, montes: Piccard Mons on Pluto

Piccard Mons

Feature Name	Piccard Mons
Clean Name	Piccard Mons
Feature ID	15834
Target	Pluto
Feature Type	Mons, montes
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	Pluto
Northernmost Latitude	-29.20 °
Southernmost Latitude	-41.32 °
Easternmost Longitude	182.65 °
Westernmost Longitude	170.92 °
Diameter	257.00 km
Center Latitude	-35.26 °
Center Longitude	176.79 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((180.0001220703125 -30.20159912109375, 177.2343139648438 -29.14788818359375, 174.1162719726562 -29.256591796875, 171.4880981445312 -31.39947509765625, 170.9080810546875 -35.48138427734375, 172.013916015625 -38.80181884765625, 174.7719116210938 -41.35040283203125, 178.7233276367188 -40.95538330078125, 180.0001220703125 -39.93212890625, 181.409912109375 -38.802001953125, 182.664306640625 -36.1085205078125, 181.9464721679688 -33.2197265625, 180.0328979492188 -30.214111328125, 180.0001220703125 -30.20159912109375)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Switzerland
Quad	-
Reference	[523] - Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Auguste-Piccard-Swiss-Belgian-physicist
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	May 30, 2019
Origin	Auguste; Swiss-Belgian inventor and physicist known for his pioneering balloon flights into the Earth’s upper atmosphere up to 17 km (1884–1962).
Last Updated	May 31, 2019 4:02 PM

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