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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Na Hye-sŏk
Clean Name Na Hye-sok
Feature ID 16512
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 58.81 °
Southmost Latitude 57.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 226.12 °
Westmost Longitude 228.00 °
Diameter 42.00 km
Center Latitude 58.36 °
Center Longitude 227.06 °
Quad H-04 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Oct 27, 2026
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Korea
Origin Na Hye-sŏk (art name Jeongwol); Korean poet, painter, writer and journalist (1896-1948).
Reference [945] - The Personal is Political: The Life and Death and Life of Na Hye-sŏk (1896-1948) by Kim, Sunglim, 2018. In: Gender, Continuity, and Modernity in Shaping the Arts of East Asia, 16th-20th centuries. Leiden/Boston: Bull. P.257-269.
Updated Oct 27, 2026 10:19 PM

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