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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Fram Rupes
Clean Name Fram Rupes
Feature ID 2009
Target Mercury
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -54.80 °
Southmost Latitude -59.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 91.00 °
Westmost Longitude 95.60 °
Diameter 0.00 km
Center Latitude -56.90 °
Center Longitude 93.30 °
Northmost Latitude -55.73 °
Southmost Latitude -58.86 °
Eastmost Longitude 92.82 °
Westmost Longitude 95.47 °
Diameter 156.00 km
Center Latitude -57.68 °
Center Longitude 93.20 °
Northmost Latitude -55.73 °
Southmost Latitude -58.86 °
Eastmost Longitude 92.82 °
Westmost Longitude 95.47 °
Diameter 155.59 km
Center Latitude -57.52 °
Center Longitude 93.15 °
Quad H-12 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Norway
Origin Norwegian; ship used in Arctic by Nansen, 1892-96, and by Sverdrup and Amundsen in Antarctica, 1909.
Reference [80] - Lists of names for Mercury nomenclature, provided by David Morrison.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 12:30 PM

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