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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Gordimer
Clean Name Gordimer
Feature ID 15865
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 88.42 °
Southmost Latitude 87.03 °
Eastmost Longitude 153.40 °
Westmost Longitude 188.40 °
Diameter 58.00 km
Center Latitude 87.73 °
Center Longitude 170.90 °
Quad H-01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 19, 2019
Continent Africa
Culture South Africa
Origin Nadine (1923-2014), South African writer; recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1991) and the Booker Prize (1974).
Reference [547] - Nadine Gordimer. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2019. Accessed Tue. 22 Oct 2019. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1991/press-release/>
Updated Nov 19, 2019 2:33 PM

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