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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Madu Facula
Clean Name Madu Facula
Feature ID 16211
Target Mercury
Feature Type Facula, faculae

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -20.57 °
Southmost Latitude -21.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 74.08 °
Westmost Longitude 75.66 °
Diameter 70.00 km
Center Latitude -21.24 °
Center Longitude 74.87 °
Quad H-07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date May 09, 2023
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Estonia
Origin Estonian word for snake.
Reference [728] - English-Estonian Dictionary, by Ksana Kyiv and Oleg Petrovich Beniukh, Hippocrene Books, 1992.
Updated May 09, 2023 9:25 PM

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