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| Feature Name | Merchant |
|---|---|
| Clean Name | Merchant |
| Feature ID | 16515 |
| Target | Mars |
| Feature Type | Crater, craters |
| Coordinate System | Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360 |
|---|---|
| Northmost Latitude | -44.73 ° |
| Southmost Latitude | -45.62 ° |
| Eastmost Longitude | 138.76 ° |
| Westmost Longitude | 137.55 ° |
| Diameter | 51.00 km |
| Center Latitude | -45.18 ° |
| Center Longitude | 138.16 ° |
| WKT String | |
| Northmost Latitude | -44.73 ° |
| Southmost Latitude | -45.62 ° |
| Eastmost Longitude | 221.24 ° |
| Westmost Longitude | 222.45 ° |
| Diameter | 51.00 km |
| Center Latitude | -45.18 ° |
| Center Longitude | 221.84 ° |
| WKT String | |
| Quad | mc29 [pdf] |
| Approval Status | Adopted by IAU |
|---|---|
| Approval Date | Nov 06, 2026 |
| Continent | North America |
| Ethnicity | United States |
| Origin | Ella Robinson; coauthor with Alice Ilgenfritz Jones of the 1893 novel “Unveiling a Parallel: A Romance,” under the pseudonym “Two Women of the West”; one of the earliest works of speculative science fiction, describing a utopian society on Mars (1857-1916). |
| Reference | [948] - Unveiling a Parallel: A Romance, by Two Women of the West: Arena Publishing Company, 1893. https://archive.org/details/unveilingparalle00jone/mode/2up |
| Updated | Nov 06, 2026 6:07 PM |
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