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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Asawa
Clean Name Asawa
Feature ID 16351
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 28.85 °
Southmost Latitude 25.66 °
Eastmost Longitude 313.68 °
Westmost Longitude 316.88 °
Diameter 130.00 km
Center Latitude 27.26 °
Center Longitude 315.28 °
Quad H-05 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 14, 2024
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Ruth Aiko; Japanese-American sculptor (1926-2013).
Reference [828] - Ruth Asawa: Life’s Work, edited by Tamara H. Schenkenberg: Pulitzer Arts Foundation in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2019.
Updated Nov 14, 2024 7:03 PM

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