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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mistral
Clean Name Mistral
Feature ID 3929
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 4.50 °
Southmost Latitude 4.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 52.70 °
Westmost Longitude 55.30 °
Diameter 110.00 km
Center Latitude 4.50 °
Center Longitude 54.00 °
Northmost Latitude 5.91 °
Southmost Latitude 3.51 °
Eastmost Longitude 53.38 °
Westmost Longitude 55.78 °
Diameter 101.93 km
Center Latitude 4.71 °
Center Longitude 54.58 °
Northmost Latitude 5.90 °
Southmost Latitude 3.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 53.47 °
Westmost Longitude 55.87 °
Diameter 102.00 km
Center Latitude 4.70 °
Center Longitude 54.67 °
Quad H-06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent South and Central America
Ethnicity Chile
Origin Gabriela; Chilean poet (1889-1957).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 4:29 PM

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