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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Thoreau
Clean Name Thoreau
Feature ID 5979
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 6.00 °
Southmost Latitude 5.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 131.40 °
Westmost Longitude 133.10 °
Diameter 80.00 km
Center Latitude 5.90 °
Center Longitude 132.30 °
Northmost Latitude 6.79 °
Southmost Latitude 5.11 °
Eastmost Longitude 131.72 °
Westmost Longitude 133.41 °
Diameter 71.71 km
Center Latitude 5.95 °
Center Longitude 132.56 °
Northmost Latitude 6.78 °
Southmost Latitude 5.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 131.79 °
Westmost Longitude 133.48 °
Diameter 72.00 km
Center Latitude 5.94 °
Center Longitude 132.64 °
Quad H-07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent North America
Ethnicity American
Origin Henry David; American poet and philosopher (1817-1862).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 14, 2016 9:37 AM

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