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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Le Guin
Clean Name Le Guin
Feature ID 16354
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -18.03 °
Southmost Latitude -19.48 °
Eastmost Longitude 102.02 °
Westmost Longitude 103.46 °
Diameter 61.00 km
Center Latitude -18.76 °
Center Longitude 102.74 °
Quad H-07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 14, 2024
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Ursula Kroeber; American author (1929-2018).
Reference [831] - Ursula K. Le Guin, Acclaimed for Her Fantasy Fiction, Is Dead at 88; New York Times Obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/obituaries/ursula-k-le-guin-acclaimed-for-her-fantasy-fiction-is-dead-at-88.html
Updated Nov 14, 2024 7:27 PM

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