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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Africanus Horton
Clean Name Africanus Horton
Feature ID 76
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -51.30 °
Southmost Latitude -51.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 38.90 °
Westmost Longitude 43.60 °
Diameter 135.00 km
Center Latitude -51.50 °
Center Longitude 41.20 °
Northmost Latitude -49.47 °
Southmost Latitude -52.57 °
Eastmost Longitude 38.83 °
Westmost Longitude 43.76 °
Diameter 131.91 km
Center Latitude -51.02 °
Center Longitude 41.29 °
Northmost Latitude -49.32 °
Southmost Latitude -52.59 °
Eastmost Longitude 38.83 °
Westmost Longitude 43.56 °
Diameter 140.00 km
Center Latitude -50.96 °
Center Longitude 41.19 °
Quad H-11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Africa
Culture Sierra Leone
Origin (James Beale); Sierra Leonean author, folklorist (1835-1883).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 07, 2016 12:14 PM

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