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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rilke
Clean Name Rilke
Feature ID 5035
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -45.20 °
Southmost Latitude -45.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 10.90 °
Westmost Longitude 13.70 °
Diameter 86.00 km
Center Latitude -45.20 °
Center Longitude 12.30 °
Northmost Latitude -43.81 °
Southmost Latitude -45.73 °
Eastmost Longitude 11.11 °
Westmost Longitude 13.81 °
Diameter 81.67 km
Center Latitude -44.77 °
Center Longitude 12.46 °
Northmost Latitude -43.85 °
Southmost Latitude -45.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 11.22 °
Westmost Longitude 13.92 °
Diameter 82.00 km
Center Latitude -44.81 °
Center Longitude 12.57 °
Quad H-11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Culture Germany
Origin Rainer Maria; German poet (1875-1926).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 13, 2016 9:37 AM

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