Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rūdaki
Clean Name Rudaki
Feature ID 5252
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -2.52 °
Southmost Latitude -5.42 °
Eastmost Longitude 50.31 °
Westmost Longitude 53.22 °
Diameter 124.00 km
Center Latitude -3.97 °
Center Longitude 51.76 °
Quad H-06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Persian
Origin Persian poet (c. 859-940/941).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 13, 2016 9:50 AM

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