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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Goethe
Clean Name Goethe
Feature ID 2204
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 79.00 °
Southmost Latitude 78.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 23.60 °
Westmost Longitude 65.30 °
Diameter 383.00 km
Center Latitude 78.50 °
Center Longitude 44.50 °
Northmost Latitude 84.79 °
Southmost Latitude 77.41 °
Eastmost Longitude 26.45 °
Westmost Longitude 75.61 °
Diameter 317.17 km
Center Latitude 81.10 °
Center Longitude 51.03 °
Northmost Latitude 85.23 °
Southmost Latitude 77.78 °
Eastmost Longitude 27.75 °
Westmost Longitude 79.90 °
Diameter 317.17 km
Center Latitude 81.51 °
Center Longitude 53.83 °
Quad H-01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Johann Wolfgang von; German poet and dramatist (1749-1832).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Mar 07, 2011 10:53 AM

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