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Planetary Names: Planum, plana: Catuilla Planum on Mercury

Catuilla Planum

Feature Name	Catuilla Planum
Clean Name	Catuilla Planum
Feature ID	15559
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Planum, plana
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	-2.25 °
Southernmost Latitude	-14.32 °
Easternmost Longitude	236.62 °
Westernmost Longitude	253.72 °
Diameter	735.00 km
Center Latitude	-8.78 °
Center Longitude	245.78 °
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Continent	South and Central America
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Inca
Quad	H-09 [pdf]
Reference	[420] - History of the New World Called America: book I, Discovery. Book II Aboriginal America, by Edward John Payne: Clarendon Press, 1892.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Mar 14, 2017
Origin	Inca/Quechua word for the planet Mercury.
Last Updated	Mar 14, 2017 1:55 PM

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