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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Lessing
Clean Name Lessing
Feature ID 3360
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -28.50 °
Southmost Latitude -29.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 88.50 °
Westmost Longitude 90.90 °
Diameter 100.00 km
Center Latitude -28.70 °
Center Longitude 89.70 °
Northmost Latitude -27.30 °
Southmost Latitude -29.54 °
Eastmost Longitude 89.02 °
Westmost Longitude 91.57 °
Diameter 95.39 km
Center Latitude -28.42 °
Center Longitude 90.29 °
Northmost Latitude -27.40 °
Southmost Latitude -29.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 89.12 °
Westmost Longitude 91.57 °
Diameter 95.00 km
Center Latitude -28.50 °
Center Longitude 90.34 °
Quad H-12 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Gotthold Ephraim; German critic and dramatist (1729-1781).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 3:41 PM

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