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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Strauss
Clean Name Strauss
Feature ID 15860
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 70.63 °
Southmost Latitude 70.21 °
Eastmost Longitude 284.91 °
Westmost Longitude 286.14 °
Diameter 17.00 km
Center Latitude 70.42 °
Center Longitude 285.53 °
Quad H-01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 11, 2019
Continent Europe
Culture Austria
Origin Strauss family of musicians.
Reference [538] - The Last Waltz: The Strauss Dynasty and Vienna, by John Suchet: St. Martin’s Press, New York, 2015.
Updated Sep 16, 2019 10:27 AM

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