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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Abu Nuwas
Clean Name Abu Nuwas
Feature ID 21
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 17.50 °
Southmost Latitude 17.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 18.90 °
Westmost Longitude 21.90 °
Diameter 116.00 km
Center Latitude 17.40 °
Center Longitude 20.40 °
Northmost Latitude 19.13 °
Southmost Latitude 16.39 °
Eastmost Longitude 19.60 °
Westmost Longitude 22.48 °
Diameter 116.76 km
Center Latitude 17.76 °
Center Longitude 21.04 °
Northmost Latitude 19.00 °
Southmost Latitude 16.26 °
Eastmost Longitude 19.75 °
Westmost Longitude 22.63 °
Diameter 117.00 km
Center Latitude 17.63 °
Center Longitude 21.19 °
Quad H-06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Syria
Origin Arab poet (c. 1756-1810).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 07, 2016 12:08 PM

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