Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Sholem Aleichem on Mercury

Sholem Aleichem

Feature Name Sholem Aleichem
Clean Name Sholem Aleichem
Feature ID 5495
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude 50.70 °
Southernmost Latitude 50.10 °
Easternmost Longitude 84.10 °
Westernmost Longitude 91.40 °
Diameter 200.00 km
Center Latitude 50.40 °
Center Longitude 87.70 °
Northernmost Latitude 53.15 °
Southernmost Latitude 48.68 °
Easternmost Longitude 86.84 °
Westernmost Longitude 94.13 °
Diameter 196.00 km
Center Latitude 50.92 °
Center Longitude 90.48 °
Northernmost Latitude 53.27 °
Southernmost Latitude 48.68 °
Easternmost Longitude 86.84 °
Westernmost Longitude 94.14 °
Diameter 195.57 km
Center Latitude 50.97 °
Center Longitude 90.49 °
Continent Asia
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country
Jewish
Quad H-03 [pdf]
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Origin (Yakov Rabinowitz); Yiddish writer (1859-1916).
Last Updated Oct 14, 2016 12:23 PM

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