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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Brontë
Clean Name Bronte
Feature ID 890
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 38.80 °
Southmost Latitude 38.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 125.00 °
Westmost Longitude 126.90 °
Diameter 60.00 km
Center Latitude 38.70 °
Center Longitude 125.90 °
Northmost Latitude 39.33 °
Southmost Latitude 37.73 °
Eastmost Longitude 126.50 °
Westmost Longitude 128.55 °
Diameter 68.31 km
Center Latitude 38.53 °
Center Longitude 127.52 °
Northmost Latitude 39.19 °
Southmost Latitude 37.59 °
Eastmost Longitude 126.03 °
Westmost Longitude 128.08 °
Diameter 68.00 km
Center Latitude 38.39 °
Center Longitude 127.06 °
Quad H-03 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity England
Origin Charlotte (1816-1855), Emily (1818-1848), Anne (1820-1849); English novelists, and Branwell (1817-1848); author and painter.
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 07, 2016 2:46 PM

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