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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nizāmī
Clean Name Nizami
Feature ID 4315
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 72.10 °
Southmost Latitude 70.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 163.40 °
Westmost Longitude 166.60 °
Diameter 76.00 km
Center Latitude 71.50 °
Center Longitude 165.00 °
Northmost Latitude 71.28 °
Southmost Latitude 69.48 °
Eastmost Longitude 164.43 °
Westmost Longitude 169.81 °
Diameter 76.88 km
Center Latitude 70.38 °
Center Longitude 167.12 °
Northmost Latitude 71.37 °
Southmost Latitude 69.55 °
Eastmost Longitude 164.03 °
Westmost Longitude 169.39 °
Diameter 77.00 km
Center Latitude 70.46 °
Center Longitude 166.71 °
Quad H-01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Persian
Origin Elyas Yusof Ganjavi; Persian epic poet (c. 1141-1209).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 12, 2016 12:06 PM

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