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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Sontag
Clean Name Sontag
Feature ID 16329
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 37.04 °
Southmost Latitude 36.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 192.75 °
Westmost Longitude 193.91 °
Diameter 41.00 km
Center Latitude 36.59 °
Center Longitude 193.34 °
Quad H-04 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 13, 2024
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Susan; American novelist and essayist (1933 – 2004).
Reference [809] - Susan Sontag: The Making of an Icon, by Carl Rollyson and Lisa Paddock: W.W. Norton Publishing, New York, 2000. https://archive.org/details/susansontagmakin0000roll
Updated Aug 13, 2024 6:01 PM

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