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

Melville

Feature Name Melville
Clean Name Melville
Feature ID 3824
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude 21.50 °
Southernmost Latitude 21.50 °
Easternmost Longitude 10.10 °
Westernmost Longitude 10.10 °
Diameter 154.00 km
Center Latitude 21.50 °
Center Longitude 10.10 °
Northernmost Latitude 23.84 °
Southernmost Latitude 20.40 °
Easternmost Longitude 7.94 °
Westernmost Longitude 11.65 °
Diameter 146.45 km
Center Latitude 22.12 °
Center Longitude 9.80 °
Northernmost Latitude 23.61 °
Southernmost Latitude 20.40 °
Easternmost Longitude 8.05 °
Westernmost Longitude 11.73 °
Diameter 146.00 km
Center Latitude 22.01 °
Center Longitude 9.89 °
Continent North America
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country		 American
Quad H-02 [pdf]
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Origin Herman; American novelist (1819-1891).
Last Updated Oct 11, 2016 4:18 PM

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