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Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Grifo Rupes on Mercury

Grifo Rupes

Feature Name	Grifo Rupes
Clean Name	Grifo Rupes
Feature ID	15847
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	14.90 °
Southernmost Latitude	0.92 °
Easternmost Longitude	346.12 °
Westernmost Longitude	357.45 °
Diameter	783.00 km
Center Latitude	7.90 °
Center Longitude	354.62 °
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Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Portugal
Quad	H-10 [pdf]
Reference	[534] - History of the Portuguese Navigation in India, 1497-1600, by K. M. Mathew: Mittal Publications, Dehli, 1988.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Jun 10, 2019
Origin	Portugese; ship used by D. João de Castro to make a survey of magnetic declination in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans in 1538.
Last Updated	Jun 10, 2019 1:01 PM

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