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Planetary Names: Facula, faculae: Coatl Facula on Mercury

Coatl Facula

Feature Name	Coatl Facula
Clean Name	Coatl Facula
Feature ID	15919
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Facula, faculae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	-29.40 °
Southernmost Latitude	-30.10 °
Easternmost Longitude	215.90 °
Westernmost Longitude	217.20 °
Diameter	48.29 km
Center Latitude	-29.75 °
Center Longitude	216.55 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((143.4199522302508 -29.40053046542533, 143.298004853702 -29.45109401179923, 143.1909291084396 -29.44811968554194, 143.0184181855168 -29.48678592688668, 142.90539378774 -29.57899004086261, 142.7953437162204 -29.61468195595006, 142.8250869787933 -29.76339826881446, 142.9381113765702 -29.83478209898936, 143.1314425832938 -29.93888351799444, 143.2652872648719 -30.05785656828596, 143.3931832939352 -30.0965228096307, 143.5805658481444 -30.0965228096307, 143.6995388984359 -30.06083089454324, 143.8185119487274 -29.91211458167885, 143.9315363465043 -29.8496537302758, 144.0505093967959 -29.75447529004259, 144.1010729431696 -29.52247784197414, 143.9672282615918 -29.46893996934296, 143.8393322325282 -29.47786294811482, 143.7947173386691 -29.42729940174092, 143.6400523732901 -29.40350479168262, 143.4199522302508 -29.40053046542533)))
Continent	South and Central America
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Nahuatl
Quad	H-13 [pdf]
Reference	[575] - http://www.mexica.net/dictionary/
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Jun 01, 2020
Origin	Aztec (Nahuatl) word for snake.
Last Updated	Jul 01, 2020 5:30 PM

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