Planetary Names

Basic Info

Feature Name	Providencia Rupes
Clean Name	Providencia Rupes
Feature ID	16154
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs

Location

Control Network
MESSENGER Team

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	5.58 °
Southmost Latitude	-1.69 °
Eastmost Longitude	233.22 °
Westmost Longitude	233.91 °
Diameter	310.00 km
Center Latitude	1.94 °
Center Longitude	233.57 °
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Quad	H-09 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Jan 11, 2023
Continent	South and Central America
Culture	Colombia
Origin	Colombian; a research vessel used for biological, meteorological, chemistry, physics, geology, and oceanographic studies in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since 1981.
Reference	[700] - A New Method for the Collection of Marine Geomagnetic Information: Survey Application in the Colombian Caribbean. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2021; 9(1):10. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9010010
Updated	Jan 19, 2023 12:59 AM

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