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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Lorde
Clean Name Lorde
Feature ID 16065
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -68.60 °
Southmost Latitude -69.67 °
Eastmost Longitude 309.23 °
Westmost Longitude 312.06 °
Diameter 45.00 km
Center Latitude -69.12 °
Center Longitude 49.57 °
Quad H-15 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 29, 2022
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Audre (born Audrey Geraldine), also called Gamba Adisa or Rey Domini, American poet and writer of Caribbean heritage (1934-1992).
Reference [631] - Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde, by Alexis De Veaux: W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2004.
Updated Aug 17, 2023 4:48 PM

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