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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Gogol
Clean Name Gogol
Feature ID 2206
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -28.10 °
Southmost Latitude -28.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 145.60 °
Westmost Longitude 147.10 °
Diameter 87.00 km
Center Latitude -28.10 °
Center Longitude 146.40 °
Northmost Latitude -27.36 °
Southmost Latitude -29.22 °
Eastmost Longitude 146.32 °
Westmost Longitude 148.44 °
Diameter 79.39 km
Center Latitude -28.29 °
Center Longitude 147.38 °
Northmost Latitude -27.35 °
Southmost Latitude -29.16 °
Eastmost Longitude 146.43 °
Westmost Longitude 148.49 °
Diameter 79.00 km
Center Latitude -28.26 °
Center Longitude 147.46 °
Quad H-12 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Russia
Origin Nikolay; Russian dramatist and novelist (1809-1852).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 12:50 PM

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