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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Heine
Clean Name Heine
Feature ID 2414
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 32.60 °
Southmost Latitude 32.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 123.00 °
Westmost Longitude 125.20 °
Diameter 75.00 km
Center Latitude 32.60 °
Center Longitude 124.10 °
Northmost Latitude 33.39 °
Southmost Latitude 31.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 124.38 °
Westmost Longitude 126.40 °
Diameter 72.68 km
Center Latitude 32.53 °
Center Longitude 125.39 °
Northmost Latitude 33.31 °
Southmost Latitude 31.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 123.87 °
Westmost Longitude 125.90 °
Diameter 73.00 km
Center Latitude 32.46 °
Center Longitude 124.88 °
Quad H-03 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Heinrich; German poet (1797-1856).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 1:23 PM

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