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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Thākur
Clean Name Thakur
Feature ID 5990
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -3.10 °
Southmost Latitude -3.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 62.10 °
Westmost Longitude 64.90 °
Diameter 118.00 km
Center Latitude -3.00 °
Center Longitude 63.50 °
Northmost Latitude -1.67 °
Southmost Latitude -4.28 °
Eastmost Longitude 63.11 °
Westmost Longitude 65.72 °
Diameter 111.05 km
Center Latitude -2.98 °
Center Longitude 64.41 °
Northmost Latitude -1.81 °
Southmost Latitude -4.29 °
Eastmost Longitude 63.27 °
Westmost Longitude 65.88 °
Diameter 111.00 km
Center Latitude -3.05 °
Center Longitude 64.57 °
Quad H-06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Asia
Ethnicity India
Origin R.; Bengalese poet and novelist (also known as Tagore), Nobel Prize in literature in 1913 (1861-1941).
Reference [80] - Lists of names for Mercury nomenclature, provided by David Morrison.
Updated Oct 14, 2016 9:34 AM

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