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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Protea Rupes
Clean Name Protea Rupes
Feature ID 16102
Target Mercury
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -7.33 °
Southmost Latitude -9.04 °
Eastmost Longitude 201.30 °
Westmost Longitude 204.40 °
Diameter 147.00 km
Center Latitude -9.36 °
Center Longitude 203.01 °
Quad H-08 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 07, 2022
Continent Africa
Ethnicity South Africa
Origin South African; research vessel that performed hydrographic surveys (1922-1933).
Reference [650] - South Africa's Fighting Ships: Past and Present, by Allan Du Toit: Ashanti Publishing, 1992. ISBN:9781874800507, 1874800502.
Updated Nov 08, 2022 7:54 PM

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