Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Investigator Rupes on Mercury

Investigator Rupes

Feature Name Investigator Rupes
Clean Name Investigator Rupes
Feature ID 15953
Target Mercury
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude -22.60 °
Southernmost Latitude -27.48 °
Easternmost Longitude 220.29 °
Westernmost Longitude 228.47 °
Diameter 390.00 km
Center Latitude -25.39 °
Center Longitude 223.96 °
Continent Oceania
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country		 Australia
Quad H-13 [pdf]
Reference [596] - Maritime Psychology: Research in Organizational & Health Behavior at Sea, edited by Malcolm MacLachlan. Springer, 2017. (P. 75).
Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 12, 2021
Origin Australian; research vessel used since 2014 for atmospheric, oceanographic, biological and geoscience research from the tropical north to the Antarctic ice-edge mainly in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Last Updated Feb 02, 2021 10:08 PM

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