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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Futabatei
Clean Name Futabatei
Feature ID 2044
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -15.90 °
Southmost Latitude -16.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 82.30 °
Westmost Longitude 83.80 °
Diameter 66.00 km
Center Latitude -16.20 °
Center Longitude 83.00 °
Northmost Latitude -15.40 °
Southmost Latitude -16.75 °
Eastmost Longitude 82.83 °
Westmost Longitude 84.23 °
Diameter 57.30 km
Center Latitude -16.08 °
Center Longitude 83.53 °
Northmost Latitude -15.39 °
Southmost Latitude -16.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 82.84 °
Westmost Longitude 84.21 °
Diameter 57.00 km
Center Latitude -16.05 °
Center Longitude 83.52 °
Quad H-07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Asia
Culture Japan
Origin S.; Japanese novelist (1864-1909).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 12:32 PM

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