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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Hawthorne
Clean Name Hawthorne
Feature ID 2389
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -51.20 °
Southmost Latitude -51.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 112.70 °
Westmost Longitude 117.60 °
Diameter 107.00 km
Center Latitude -51.30 °
Center Longitude 115.10 °
Northmost Latitude -49.91 °
Southmost Latitude -52.72 °
Eastmost Longitude 113.11 °
Westmost Longitude 117.61 °
Diameter 119.90 km
Center Latitude -51.31 °
Center Longitude 115.36 °
Northmost Latitude -49.90 °
Southmost Latitude -52.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 113.09 °
Westmost Longitude 117.59 °
Diameter 120.00 km
Center Latitude -51.31 °
Center Longitude 115.34 °
Quad H-12 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent North America
Ethnicity American
Origin Nathaniel; American novelist (1804-1864).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 1:15 PM

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