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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Proust
Clean Name Proust
Feature ID 4854
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 19.80 °
Southmost Latitude 19.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 44.80 °
Westmost Longitude 48.70 °
Diameter 157.00 km
Center Latitude 19.70 °
Center Longitude 46.70 °
Northmost Latitude 21.25 °
Southmost Latitude 17.84 °
Eastmost Longitude 45.84 °
Westmost Longitude 49.46 °
Diameter 145.09 km
Center Latitude 19.55 °
Center Longitude 47.65 °
Northmost Latitude 21.26 °
Southmost Latitude 17.85 °
Eastmost Longitude 45.79 °
Westmost Longitude 49.40 °
Diameter 145.00 km
Center Latitude 19.56 °
Center Longitude 47.59 °
Quad H-06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Culture France
Origin Marcel; French novelist (1871-1922).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 12, 2016 3:10 PM

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