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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mirni Rupes
Clean Name Mirni Rupes
Feature ID 3923
Target Mercury
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -36.20 °
Southmost Latitude -39.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 38.40 °
Westmost Longitude 41.40 °
Diameter 0.00 km
Center Latitude -37.30 °
Center Longitude 39.90 °
Northmost Latitude -36.17 °
Southmost Latitude -40.97 °
Eastmost Longitude 36.72 °
Westmost Longitude 41.32 °
Diameter 258.02 km
Center Latitude -38.54 °
Center Longitude 39.01 °
Northmost Latitude -36.16 °
Southmost Latitude -40.97 °
Eastmost Longitude 36.72 °
Westmost Longitude 41.32 °
Diameter 258.00 km
Center Latitude -38.54 °
Center Longitude 39.01 °
Quad H-11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Russia
Origin Russian; Bellingshausen's ship for Antarctic exploration, 1819-21.
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 4:28 PM

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