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Planetary Names: Facula, faculae: Yinshe Facula on Mercury

Yinshe Facula

Feature Name	Yinshe Facula
Clean Name	Yinshe Facula
Feature ID	15920
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Facula, faculae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	-45.84 °
Southernmost Latitude	-46.80 °
Easternmost Longitude	190.70 °
Westernmost Longitude	191.73 °
Diameter	41.03 km
Center Latitude	-46.32 °
Center Longitude	191.22 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((168.5420631049418 -46.70590238061516, 168.6848307652916 -46.79870135984254, 168.8026140850802 -46.77371701928132, 168.8811362982726 -46.68091804005394, 169.0453191076749 -46.65593369949272, 169.2017448741982 -46.60191993466037, 169.2630397897084 -46.48818169858168, 169.2701781727259 -46.32042969767065, 169.2951625132871 -46.14910850525087, 169.2344862576384 -45.98849488735732, 169.0524574906924 -45.90997267416492, 168.8918438727989 -45.83501965248126, 168.6955383398179 -45.88855752511245, 168.4528333172232 -45.94923378076112, 168.2850813163121 -46.09557063261968, 168.2636661672597 -46.25618425051323, 168.3029272738559 -46.44535140047674, 168.4171414021357 -46.58098067780907, 168.5420631049418 -46.70590238061516)))
Continent	Asia
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	China
Quad	H-13 [pdf]
Reference	[576] - Handbook of Contemporary China, edited by William S. Tay and Alvin Y. So: World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 2012.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Jun 01, 2020
Origin	Chinese word for silver snake.
Last Updated	Jul 01, 2020 5:33 PM

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