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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ahmad Baba
Clean Name Ahmad Baba
Feature ID 99
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 58.60 °
Southmost Latitude 58.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 123.90 °
Westmost Longitude 129.70 °
Diameter 127.00 km
Center Latitude 58.50 °
Center Longitude 126.80 °
Northmost Latitude 59.80 °
Southmost Latitude 56.84 °
Eastmost Longitude 125.63 °
Westmost Longitude 131.28 °
Diameter 126.27 km
Center Latitude 58.32 °
Center Longitude 128.45 °
Northmost Latitude 59.80 °
Southmost Latitude 56.84 °
Eastmost Longitude 125.53 °
Westmost Longitude 131.18 °
Diameter 126.00 km
Center Latitude 58.33 °
Center Longitude 128.35 °
Quad H-03 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Sudan
Origin Abu-a;-Abbas Aj,Ad Obm Aj,Ad a;-Takruri Al-Massufi; Sudanese writer (1556-1627).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 07, 2016 12:15 PM

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