Planetary Names

Basic Info

Feature Name	Tangaroa Rupes
Clean Name	Tangaroa Rupes
Feature ID	16103
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs

Location

Control Network
MESSENGER Team

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	3.77 °
Southmost Latitude	2.07 °
Eastmost Longitude	171.99 °
Westmost Longitude	174.91 °
Diameter	273.00 km
Center Latitude	1.04 °
Center Longitude	173.27 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 07, 2022
Continent	Oceania
Culture	New Zealand
Origin	New Zealand; a research vessel and icebreaker that performs marine environmental monitoring, ocean science studies and exploration and engineering activities (2000s).
Reference	[651] - A Collaborative Effort to Meet New Zealand’s Mapping Requirements: Multibeam Echosounder Integration, Acceptance Testing, and Antarctic Mapping Aboard the Research Vessel Tangaroa, A. Kleiner et al.: MTS/IEEE Oceans 2001. An Ocean Odyssey. Conference Proceedings (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37295), 2001, pp. 1248-1256 vol.2, doi: 10.1109/OCEANS.2001.968289.
Updated	Nov 08, 2022 6:49 PM

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