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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Motonobu
Clean Name Motonobu
Feature ID 16336
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 1.35 °
Southmost Latitude 0.18 °
Eastmost Longitude 64.73 °
Westmost Longitude 65.95 °
Diameter 52.00 km
Center Latitude 0.78 °
Center Longitude 65.32 °
Quad H-06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 13, 2024
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Japan
Origin Kanō; Japanese painter and calligrapher (1476-1559).
Reference [816] - Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration, by the National Gallery of Art (Jay A. Levinson, Editor): Yale University Press, 1991.
Updated Aug 13, 2024 8:17 PM

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