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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Praxiteles
Clean Name Praxiteles
Feature ID 4820
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 27.30 °
Southmost Latitude 27.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 56.80 °
Westmost Longitude 61.60 °
Diameter 182.00 km
Center Latitude 27.30 °
Center Longitude 59.20 °
Northmost Latitude 29.58 °
Southmost Latitude 24.93 °
Eastmost Longitude 57.68 °
Westmost Longitude 62.92 °
Diameter 198.08 km
Center Latitude 27.26 °
Center Longitude 60.30 °
Northmost Latitude 29.43 °
Southmost Latitude 24.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 57.67 °
Westmost Longitude 62.90 °
Diameter 198.00 km
Center Latitude 27.11 °
Center Longitude 60.28 °
Quad H-02 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Greek sculptor (fl. 370-330 B.C.).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 12, 2016 3:08 PM

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