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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Whitman
Clean Name Whitman
Feature ID 6536
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 41.40 °
Southmost Latitude 41.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 109.40 °
Westmost Longitude 111.40 °
Diameter 70.00 km
Center Latitude 41.40 °
Center Longitude 110.40 °
Northmost Latitude 42.15 °
Southmost Latitude 40.63 °
Eastmost Longitude 110.80 °
Westmost Longitude 112.81 °
Diameter 64.39 km
Center Latitude 41.39 °
Center Longitude 111.80 °
Northmost Latitude 42.16 °
Southmost Latitude 40.65 °
Eastmost Longitude 110.64 °
Westmost Longitude 112.65 °
Diameter 64.00 km
Center Latitude 41.40 °
Center Longitude 111.64 °
Quad H-03 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent North America
Ethnicity American
Origin Walter; American poet (1819-1892).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 14, 2016 11:43 AM

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