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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Alpha Crucis Rupēs
Clean Name Alpha Crucis Rupes
Feature ID 15954
Target Mercury
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -12.48 °
Southmost Latitude -17.56 °
Eastmost Longitude 223.59 °
Westmost Longitude 229.02 °
Diameter 511.30 km
Center Latitude -12.48 °
Center Longitude 228.31 °
Quad H-09 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 12, 2021
Continent South and Central America
Ethnicity Brazil
Origin Brazilian; an oceanographic research vessel investigating the role of the South Atlantic in global climate change, as well as studying marine biodiversity.
Reference [597] - Plankton Ecology of the Southwestern Atlantic: From the Subtropical to the Subantarctic Realm, ed. by Monica S. Hoffmeyer et al. Springer, 2018. (P. 10).
Updated Mar 02, 2021 6:49 PM

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