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Planetary Names: Planitia, planitiae: Suisei Planitia on Mercury

Suisei Planitia

Feature Name	Suisei Planitia
Clean Name	Suisei Planitia
Feature ID	5750
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Planitia, planitiae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	61.10 °
Southernmost Latitude	57.30 °
Easternmost Longitude	140.10 °
Westernmost Longitude	161.40 °
Diameter	0.00 km
Center Latitude	59.20 °
Center Longitude	150.80 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((219.9 57.3, 198.6 57.3, 198.6 61.1, 219.9 61.1, 219.9 57.3)))
Northernmost Latitude	67.70 °
Southernmost Latitude	54.41 °
Easternmost Longitude	140.23 °
Westernmost Longitude	156.44 °
Diameter	569.00 km
Center Latitude	60.88 °
Center Longitude	147.81 °
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Northernmost Latitude	67.70 °
Southernmost Latitude	54.41 °
Easternmost Longitude	140.23 °
Westernmost Longitude	156.44 °
Diameter	568.53 km
Center Latitude	60.88 °
Center Longitude	147.81 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((213.64045715332 54.4984741210938, 212.482789993286 54.4127216339111, 207.895002365112 54.5413494110107, 205.879804611206 55.3131275177002, 203.907484054565 57.4569549560547, 203.564472198486 59.2148914337158, 204.078990936279 61.1014595031738, 205.408163070679 63.5882987976074, 205.879804611206 64.4887046813965, 206.694459915161 65.51774215698239, 207.466236114502 66.11801338195799, 208.152261734009 66.37527275085451, 208.92403793335 66.71828460693359, 209.867322921753 67.0184211730957, 210.639099121094 67.31855583190919, 211.196495056152 67.53293800354, 211.925395965576 67.70444488525391, 212.782926559448 67.70444488525391, 213.468950271606 67.70444488525391, 214.497987747192 67.6615676879883, 215.312641143799 67.490062713623, 216.427431106567 67.4043083190918, 217.370714187622 67.0612964630127, 218.013862609863 66.675407409668, 218.657011032104 66.1608905792236, 219.128652572632 65.64637184143071, 219.385911941528 64.91747093200679, 219.514541625977 63.7169284820557, 219.68604850769 62.9022731781006, 219.771800994873 61.6159782409668, 219.600294113159 60.0295467376709, 219.214405059814 58.443115234375, 218.828517913818 57.3283252716064, 218.313999176025 56.3421649932861, 217.71372795105 55.6132640838623, 216.727567672729 55.0558681488037, 215.184011459351 54.7557334899902, 213.64045715332 54.4984741210938)))
Continent	Asia
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Japan
Quad	H-03 [pdf]
Reference	[80] - Lists of names for Mercury nomenclature, provided by David Morrison.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1976
Origin	Japanese word for the planet Mercury.
Last Updated	Oct 14, 2016 9:14 AM

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