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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ibsen
Clean Name Ibsen
Feature ID 2638
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -24.00 °
Southmost Latitude -24.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 33.60 °
Westmost Longitude 37.70 °
Diameter 159.00 km
Center Latitude -24.10 °
Center Longitude 35.60 °
Northmost Latitude -22.51 °
Southmost Latitude -26.25 °
Eastmost Longitude 33.86 °
Westmost Longitude 37.96 °
Diameter 159.04 km
Center Latitude -24.38 °
Center Longitude 35.91 °
Northmost Latitude -22.50 °
Southmost Latitude -26.18 °
Eastmost Longitude 33.84 °
Westmost Longitude 37.94 °
Diameter 159.00 km
Center Latitude -24.35 °
Center Longitude 35.89 °
Quad H-11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Norway
Origin Heinrich J.; Norwegian poet and dramatist (1828-1906).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 1:53 PM

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