Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Lessing on Mercury

Lessing

Feature Name Lessing
Clean Name Lessing
Feature ID 3360
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude -28.50 °
Southernmost Latitude -29.00 °
Easternmost Longitude 88.50 °
Westernmost Longitude 90.90 °
Diameter 100.00 km
Center Latitude -28.70 °
Center Longitude 89.70 °
Northernmost Latitude -27.30 °
Southernmost Latitude -29.54 °
Easternmost Longitude 89.02 °
Westernmost Longitude 91.57 °
Diameter 95.39 km
Center Latitude -28.42 °
Center Longitude 90.29 °
Northernmost Latitude -27.40 °
Southernmost Latitude -29.60 °
Easternmost Longitude 89.12 °
Westernmost Longitude 91.57 °
Diameter 95.00 km
Center Latitude -28.50 °
Center Longitude 90.34 °
Continent Europe
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country		 Germany
Quad H-12 [pdf]
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Origin Gotthold Ephraim; German critic and dramatist (1729-1781).
Last Updated Oct 11, 2016 3:41 PM

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