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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Wen Tianxiang
Clean Name Wen Tianxiang
Feature ID 15921
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -43.38 °
Southmost Latitude -47.29 °
Eastmost Longitude 189.18 °
Westmost Longitude 194.01 °
Diameter 166.42 km
Center Latitude -45.34 °
Center Longitude 191.60 °
Quad H-13 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jun 30, 2020
Continent Asia
Culture China
Origin Wen Tianxiang; Chinese writer and poet (1236-1283).
Reference [577] - Intellectual and Aesthetic Contexts for Wen Tianxiang's Poetry, by Fuller, Michael A.; University of California, Irvine, 1986.
Updated Jul 01, 2020 5:40 PM

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