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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Amru Al-Qays
Clean Name Amru Al Qays
Feature ID 244
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 12.30 °
Southmost Latitude 12.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 175.00 °
Westmost Longitude 176.20 °
Diameter 50.00 km
Center Latitude 12.30 °
Center Longitude 175.60 °
Northmost Latitude 12.98 °
Southmost Latitude 11.88 °
Eastmost Longitude 175.55 °
Westmost Longitude 176.68 °
Diameter 47.00 km
Center Latitude 12.43 °
Center Longitude 176.11 °
Northmost Latitude 12.93 °
Southmost Latitude 11.82 °
Eastmost Longitude 175.44 °
Westmost Longitude 176.57 °
Diameter 47.02 km
Center Latitude 12.37 °
Center Longitude 176.01 °
Quad H-08 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Arabian
Origin Arab poet (pre-Islamic).
Reference [80] - Lists of names for Mercury nomenclature, provided by David Morrison.
Updated Oct 07, 2016 1:43 PM

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