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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Melville
Clean Name Melville
Feature ID 3824
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 21.50 °
Southmost Latitude 21.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 10.10 °
Westmost Longitude 10.10 °
Diameter 154.00 km
Center Latitude 21.50 °
Center Longitude 10.10 °
Northmost Latitude 23.84 °
Southmost Latitude 20.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 7.94 °
Westmost Longitude 11.65 °
Diameter 146.45 km
Center Latitude 22.12 °
Center Longitude 9.80 °
Northmost Latitude 23.61 °
Southmost Latitude 20.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 8.05 °
Westmost Longitude 11.73 °
Diameter 146.00 km
Center Latitude 22.01 °
Center Longitude 9.89 °
Quad H-02 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent North America
Ethnicity American
Origin Herman; American novelist (1819-1891).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 4:18 PM

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