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Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Baltica Rupes on Mercury

Baltica Rupes

Feature Name	Baltica Rupes
Clean Name	Baltica Rupes
Feature ID	16155
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	-2.05 °
Southernmost Latitude	-7.07 °
Easternmost Longitude	302.54 °
Westernmost Longitude	304.65 °
Diameter	230.00 km
Center Latitude	-4.48 °
Center Longitude	303.48 °
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Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Poland
Quad	H-10 [pdf]
Reference	[701] - An International Regime for Marine Scientific Research, by M. Gorina-Ysern, Brill Publishing: Netherlands, 2021.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Jan 11, 2023
Origin	Polish; a research vessel that performs oceanographic, biological and fishing research in the Baltic Sea since 1993.
Last Updated	Jan 19, 2023 1:24 AM

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