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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Sophocles
Clean Name Sophocles
Feature ID 5650
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -7.00 °
Southmost Latitude -7.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 143.90 °
Westmost Longitude 147.40 °
Diameter 150.00 km
Center Latitude -7.00 °
Center Longitude 145.70 °
Northmost Latitude -5.35 °
Southmost Latitude -8.69 °
Eastmost Longitude 144.24 °
Westmost Longitude 147.60 °
Diameter 142.11 km
Center Latitude -7.02 °
Center Longitude 145.92 °
Northmost Latitude -5.32 °
Southmost Latitude -8.58 °
Eastmost Longitude 144.36 °
Westmost Longitude 147.71 °
Diameter 142.00 km
Center Latitude -6.95 °
Center Longitude 146.04 °
Quad H-08 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Greek dramatist (c. 496-406 B.C.).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 14, 2016 12:46 PM

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