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Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Heemskerck Rupes on Mercury

Heemskerck Rupes

Feature Name	Heemskerck Rupes
Clean Name	Heemskerck Rupes
Feature ID	2410
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	27.40 °
Southernmost Latitude	24.40 °
Easternmost Longitude	123.30 °
Westernmost Longitude	126.40 °
Diameter	0.00 km
Center Latitude	25.90 °
Center Longitude	125.30 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((236.7 24.4, 233.6 24.4, 233.6 27.4, 236.7 27.4, 236.7 24.4)))
Northernmost Latitude	30.12 °
Southernmost Latitude	24.48 °
Easternmost Longitude	121.63 °
Westernmost Longitude	126.60 °
Diameter	320.00 km
Center Latitude	27.30 °
Center Longitude	124.31 °
WKT String	MULTILINESTRING ((238.3690242767334 30.11581993103027, 237.9926204681396 29.96780967712402, 237.4818172454834 29.68564414978027, 236.9576473236084 29.24222373962402, 236.5544490814209 28.70462608337402, 236.2454280853271 28.22080039978027, 236.1110286712646 28.03262901306152, 235.7346248626709 27.36063194274902, 235.5062313079834 27.06479454040527, 235.2240047454834 26.74222373962402, 234.9148616790771 26.58102989196777, 234.6056575775146 26.44663047790527, 234.2562313079834 26.17783164978027, 233.9874324798584 25.96280479431152, 233.7992610931396 25.72080039978027, 233.7320613861084 25.41159629821777, 233.7456111907959 25.18320274353027, 233.7858333587646 24.96823692321777, 233.7858333587646 24.78000450134277, 233.7186336517334 24.72623252868652, 233.3960628509521 24.48441123962402))
Northernmost Latitude	30.20 °
Southernmost Latitude	24.57 °
Easternmost Longitude	121.94 °
Westernmost Longitude	126.91 °
Diameter	320.61 km
Center Latitude	27.38 °
Center Longitude	124.62 °
WKT String	MULTILINESTRING ((238.059554019154 30.1990050195493, 237.683229265214 30.0511631519301, 237.172502813439 29.7689195864754, 236.64833619188 29.325393983618, 236.245131098373 28.7877871922757, 235.936007193352 28.3039410800676, 235.801605495516 28.1157787030977, 235.425280741576 27.4437702139198, 235.196797855256 27.1480864786815, 234.914554289801 26.8255224038761, 234.605430384779 26.6642403664734, 234.296306479757 26.5298386686379, 233.946862065385 26.2610352729667, 233.678058669714 26.0459925564298, 233.489896292744 25.8040695003257, 233.422695443826 25.4949455953039, 233.43613561361 25.2664627089834, 233.47645612296 25.0514199924465, 233.47645612296 24.8632576154766, 233.409255274043 24.8094969363424, 233.086691199237 24.5675738802384))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	The Netherlands (Dutch)
Quad	H-03 [pdf]
Reference	[59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1976
Origin	Dutch; one of Tasman's ships to explore Australia, New Zealand, 1642-43.
Last Updated	Oct 11, 2016 1:21 PM

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