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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Yinshe Facula
Clean Name Yinshe Facula
Feature ID 15920
Target Mercury
Feature Type Facula, faculae

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -45.84 °
Southmost Latitude -46.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 190.70 °
Westmost Longitude 191.73 °
Diameter 41.03 km
Center Latitude -46.32 °
Center Longitude 191.22 °
Quad H-13 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jun 01, 2020
Continent Asia
Culture China
Origin Chinese word for silver snake.
Reference [576] - Handbook of Contemporary China, edited by William S. Tay and Alvin Y. So: World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 2012.
Updated Jul 01, 2020 5:33 PM

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