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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Jókai
Clean Name Jokai
Feature ID 2877
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 72.50 °
Southmost Latitude 72.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 132.00 °
Westmost Longitude 138.60 °
Diameter 106.00 km
Center Latitude 72.40 °
Center Longitude 135.30 °
Northmost Latitude 72.90 °
Southmost Latitude 70.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 135.32 °
Westmost Longitude 142.36 °
Diameter 93.27 km
Center Latitude 71.81 °
Center Longitude 138.84 °
Northmost Latitude 73.01 °
Southmost Latitude 70.84 °
Eastmost Longitude 134.96 °
Westmost Longitude 141.94 °
Diameter 93.00 km
Center Latitude 71.93 °
Center Longitude 138.45 °
Quad H-01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Hungary
Origin Mor; Hungarian novelist (1825-1904).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 2:08 PM

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