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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Sarmiento
Clean Name Sarmiento
Feature ID 5325
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -29.80 °
Southmost Latitude -29.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 185.80 °
Westmost Longitude 189.50 °
Diameter 145.00 km
Center Latitude -29.80 °
Center Longitude 187.70 °
Northmost Latitude -28.21 °
Southmost Latitude -30.45 °
Eastmost Longitude 188.27 °
Westmost Longitude 190.84 °
Diameter 95.34 km
Center Latitude -29.33 °
Center Longitude 189.55 °
Northmost Latitude -28.15 °
Southmost Latitude -30.39 °
Eastmost Longitude 188.30 °
Westmost Longitude 190.86 °
Diameter 95.00 km
Center Latitude -29.27 °
Center Longitude 189.58 °
Quad H-13 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent South and Central America
Ethnicity Argentina
Origin Domingo Faustino; Argentine writer (1811-1888).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 13, 2016 10:12 AM

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