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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Sayat-Nova
Clean Name Sayat Nova
Feature ID 5348
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -28.30 °
Southmost Latitude -28.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 120.10 °
Westmost Longitude 124.10 °
Diameter 158.00 km
Center Latitude -28.40 °
Center Longitude 122.10 °
Northmost Latitude -26.40 °
Southmost Latitude -29.82 °
Eastmost Longitude 120.62 °
Westmost Longitude 124.50 °
Diameter 145.87 km
Center Latitude -28.11 °
Center Longitude 122.56 °
Northmost Latitude -26.26 °
Southmost Latitude -29.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 120.79 °
Westmost Longitude 124.61 °
Diameter 146.00 km
Center Latitude -27.98 °
Center Longitude 122.70 °
Quad H-12 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Armenian
Origin Aruthin Sayadian; Armenian/Georgian song writer (1712-1795).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 13, 2016 10:18 AM

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