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International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Josetsu on Mercury

Josetsu

Feature Name	Josetsu
Clean Name	Josetsu
Feature ID	15855
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	83.95 °
Southernmost Latitude	83.21 °
Easternmost Longitude	131.73 °
Westernmost Longitude	138.13 °
Diameter	30.00 km
Center Latitude	83.58 °
Center Longitude	134.93 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((227.61026043612 83.29334118753835, 226.1724946620801 83.17991683073795, 224.6274739644653 83.16309860609674, 223.2231735545255 83.21687160237607, 221.8553288920471 83.37825843914771, 221.5582653861392 83.56024633847969, 221.8816247952234 83.79807597847709, 223.1872895600944 83.92322183082511, 224.6016242534718 83.97786192581273, 225.8788099214818 83.94107055028014, 227.2685884577983 83.85417818427157, 228.2185552418583 83.77415614307252, 228.5422604902968 83.62953084957111, 228.391084662899 83.47767441605362, 227.61026043612 83.29334118753835))
Continent	Asia
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Japan
Quad	H-01 [pdf]
Reference	[540] - Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration, edited by Jay A. Levinson: Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1991.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Sep 11, 2019
Origin	Taikō, Japanese ink painter (1405 – 1496).
Last Updated	Sep 11, 2019 10:35 AM

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