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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Freire
Clean Name Freire
Feature ID 16350
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -72.76 °
Southmost Latitude -73.96 °
Eastmost Longitude 212.35 °
Westmost Longitude 216.57 °
Diameter 51.00 km
Center Latitude -73.36 °
Center Longitude 214.46 °
Quad H-15 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 14, 2024
Continent South and Central America
Ethnicity Uruguay
Origin María; Uruguayan artist/painter (1917-2015).
Reference [827] - Contemporary Latin American Artists Exhibitions at the Organization of American States 1965-1985, edited by Annick Sanjurjo for the Organization of American States: University of Texas, 1993, pg. 81.
Updated Nov 14, 2024 6:53 PM

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