Planetary Names

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Santa María Rupes on Mercury

Santa María Rupes

Feature Name	Santa María Rupes
Clean Name	Santa Maria Rupes
Feature ID	5312
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	8.90 °
Southernmost Latitude	3.20 °
Easternmost Longitude	18.70 °
Westernmost Longitude	20.80 °
Diameter	0.00 km
Center Latitude	5.50 °
Center Longitude	19.70 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((341.3 3.2, 339.2 3.2, 339.2 8.9, 341.3 8.9, 341.3 3.2)))
Northernmost Latitude	7.94 °
Southernmost Latitude	3.48 °
Easternmost Longitude	18.89 °
Westernmost Longitude	21.34 °
Diameter	227.00 km
Center Latitude	5.81 °
Center Longitude	20.00 °
WKT String	MULTILINESTRING ((338.6573085784862 7.942041397094727, 338.7404842376659 7.590429306030273, 338.9333057403514 7.117834091186523, 339.0694141387889 6.822935104370117, 339.1714916229198 6.630117416381836, 339.3038196563671 6.524255752563477, 339.3680934905956 6.308752059936523, 339.5306644439647 6.149957656860352, 339.8142223358104 5.968481063842773, 339.9730167388866 5.851278305053711, 340.067533493037 5.65467643737793, 340.139368057246 5.439172744750977, 340.1771755218456 5.178300857543945, 340.2716960906932 4.879621505737305, 340.3714008331249 4.685548782348633, 340.5968418121288 4.183958053588867, 340.7140445709178 3.979799270629883, 341.1068134307811 3.484132766723632))
Northernmost Latitude	7.99 °
Southernmost Latitude	3.51 °
Easternmost Longitude	18.79 °
Westernmost Longitude	21.16 °
Diameter	226.79 km
Center Latitude	5.82 °
Center Longitude	19.83 °
WKT String	MULTILINESTRING ((338.843442299615 7.99107883736268, 338.918756064157 7.65969827337778, 339.084446346149 7.17769018030883, 339.235073875233 6.87643512214074, 339.355759590609 6.67228551340267, 339.445952415951 6.52999180524743, 339.512226595147 6.35935150432743, 339.64176820376 6.22873674707934, 339.92796050902 6.03292095927008, 340.093650791012 5.91241893600284, 340.259341073005 5.70154039528518, 340.334654837547 5.4454735958423, 340.364780343363 5.18940679639942, 340.334654837547 4.91827724404813, 340.470219613722 4.70739870333047, 340.666035401532 4.39108089225397, 340.911225694542 3.99393855337632, 341.20575182073 3.50612965687667))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Spain
Quad	H-06 [pdf]
Reference	[59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1976
Origin	Spanish; Columbus' flagship, first voyage to America, 1492.
Last Updated	Oct 13, 2016 10:08 AM

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