Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rainey
Clean Name Rainey
Feature ID 16390
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -33.08 °
Southmost Latitude -34.02 °
Eastmost Longitude 39.02 °
Westmost Longitude 40.10 °
Diameter 40.00 km
Center Latitude -33.55 °
Center Longitude 39.56 °
Quad H-11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 07, 2025
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Gertrude "Ma"; American blues singer and early-blues recording artist (1886-1939).
Reference [859] - The Music of Black Americans: A History (Third Edition), by Eileen Southern: W. W. Norton Publishing, 1997.
Updated Feb 07, 2025 9:36 PM

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