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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Xuelong Rupes
Clean Name Xuelong Rupes
Feature ID 16101
Target Mercury
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 61.83 °
Southmost Latitude 52.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 181.64 °
Westmost Longitude 184.09 °
Diameter 390.00 km
Center Latitude 57.27 °
Center Longitude 182.87 °
Quad H-04 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 07, 2022
Continent Asia
Ethnicity China
Origin Chinese; a polar research vessel used for Arctic and Antarctic expeditions in the 2010s.
Reference [649] - China as a Polar Great Power, by Anne-Marie Brady: Cambridge University Press, 2017. ISBN:9781107179271, 1107179270.
Updated Dec 07, 2022 9:33 PM

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