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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Merian
Clean Name Merian
Feature ID 3853
Target Venus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 34.50 °
Southmost Latitude 34.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 76.30 °
Westmost Longitude 76.30 °
Diameter 22.20 km
Center Latitude 34.50 °
Center Longitude 76.30 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent Europe
Ethnicity The Netherlands (Dutch)
Origin Maria; Dutch entomologist (1647-1717).
Reference [100] - List provided by Women's Study Program, Brown University, Providence, R.I.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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