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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Antares Rupes
Clean Name Antares Rupes
Feature ID 16106
Target Mercury
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 21.34 °
Southmost Latitude 14.78 °
Eastmost Longitude 223.21 °
Westmost Longitude 234.42 °
Diameter 530.00 km
Center Latitude 18.06 °
Center Longitude 229.42 °
Quad H-09 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 07, 2022
Continent North America
Ethnicity Mexico
Origin Mexican; an oceanographic research vessel for hydrography, meteorology, and oceanography studies (since 1968).
Reference [653] - History of the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, by Tunnell, J. W. Jr., in Gulf of Mexico Science 28 (1), 2010. Retrieved from https://aquila.usm.edu/goms/vol28/iss1/8
Updated Nov 08, 2022 7:53 PM

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