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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Sholem Aleichem
Clean Name Sholem Aleichem
Feature ID 5495
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 50.70 °
Southmost Latitude 50.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 84.10 °
Westmost Longitude 91.40 °
Diameter 200.00 km
Center Latitude 50.40 °
Center Longitude 87.70 °
Northmost Latitude 53.15 °
Southmost Latitude 48.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 86.84 °
Westmost Longitude 94.13 °
Diameter 196.00 km
Center Latitude 50.92 °
Center Longitude 90.48 °
Northmost Latitude 53.27 °
Southmost Latitude 48.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 86.84 °
Westmost Longitude 94.14 °
Diameter 195.57 km
Center Latitude 50.97 °
Center Longitude 90.49 °
Quad H-03 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Asia
Culture Jewish
Origin (Yakov Rabinowitz); Yiddish writer (1859-1916).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 14, 2016 12:23 PM

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