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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mansart
Clean Name Mansart
Feature ID 3636
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 73.30 °
Southmost Latitude 73.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 115.60 °
Westmost Longitude 121.80 °
Diameter 95.00 km
Center Latitude 73.20 °
Center Longitude 118.70 °
Northmost Latitude 73.66 °
Southmost Latitude 71.66 °
Eastmost Longitude 120.42 °
Westmost Longitude 127.12 °
Diameter 84.97 km
Center Latitude 72.66 °
Center Longitude 123.77 °
Northmost Latitude 73.68 °
Southmost Latitude 71.76 °
Eastmost Longitude 120.11 °
Westmost Longitude 126.60 °
Diameter 84.97 km
Center Latitude 72.72 °
Center Longitude 123.36 °
Quad H-01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Jules Hardouin; French architect (c. 1646-1708).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Mar 07, 2011 10:53 AM

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