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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Albizu
Clean Name Albizu
Feature ID 16514
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 27.92 °
Southmost Latitude 26.89 °
Eastmost Longitude 290.34 °
Westmost Longitude 291.45 °
Diameter 43.00 km
Center Latitude 27.41 °
Center Longitude 290.90 °
Quad H-05 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Oct 27, 2026
Continent North America
Ethnicity Puerto Rico
Origin Olga Albizu Rosaly; Puerto Rican abstract expressionist painter (1924-2005).
Reference [947] - Olga Albizu and the Borders of Abstraction, by McEwen, Abigail, 2015. American Art, 29(2), pp 86-111. doi: https://doi.org/10.1086%2F683353, ISSN: 1073-9300.
Updated Oct 27, 2026 10:28 PM

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