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Feature ID	Feature Name	Clean Feature Name	Target	Diameter	Center Latitude	Center Longitude	Northernmost Latitude	Southernmost Latitude	Easternmost Longitude	Westernmost Longitude	Coordinate System	Continent	Ethnicity	Feature Type	Feature Type Code	Quad	Approval Status	Approval Date	Reference	Origin	Additional Info	Last Updated
16491	Al-Shirazi Dorsum	Al-Shirazi Dorsum	Mercury	188.00	-48.33	162.36	-48.20	-49.38	159.00	165.67	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360	Asia	Persian	Dorsum, dorsa	DO	H-12	Approved	Aug 18, 2026	[331]	Qutb al-Din; Persian astronomer, physicist, and poet who suggested “black dots” on the Sun to be the transiting Mercury and Venus (1236-1311).		Aug 18, 2026
298	Antoniadi Dorsum	Antoniadi Dorsum	Mercury	359.40	27.20	29.65	30.97	23.24	29.62	31.50	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360	Europe	Italy	Dorsum, dorsa	DO	H-02	Approved	1976	[80]	Eugene M.; Greco-French astronomer, defined classical nomenclature for albedo features of Mars (1870-1944).		Mar 07, 2011
16492	Gan De Dorsum	Gan De Dorsum	Mercury	251.00	13.65	313.79	14.33	11.67	310.63	316.04	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360	Asia	China	Dorsum, dorsa	DO	H-10	Approved	Aug 18, 2026	[331]	4th century BCE Chinese astronomer who predicted the time interval between Mercury-Earth conjunctions with (for the time) great accuracy.		Aug 19, 2026
16493	Peale Dorsum	Peale Dorsum	Mercury	199.00	-61.60	1.01	-60.67	-61.95	355.74	5.35	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Dorsum, dorsa	DO	H-11	Approved	Aug 18, 2026	[935]	Stanton J.; American astrophysicist (1937-2015).		Aug 19, 2026
16495	Pettengill Dorsum	Pettengill Dorsum	Mercury	804.00	79.00	9.96	81.98	71.92	327.37	50.18	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Dorsum, dorsa	DO	H-01	Approved	Aug 18, 2026	[937]	Origin: Gordon; American radio astronomer who measured the spin rate of Mercury by reflecting radar pulses from the planet's surface and studying the pattern of Doppler shifts of the returning signals (1926-2021).		Aug 19, 2026
5367	Schiaparelli Dorsum	Schiaparelli Dorsum	Mercury	374.00	23.26	164.30	27.25	18.86	162.76	164.52	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360	Europe	Italy	Dorsum, dorsa	DO	H-03	Approved	1976	[80]	Giovanni V.; Italian astronomer (1835-1910).	None	Oct 13, 2016
16496	Somayāji Dorsum	Somayaji Dorsum	Mercury	303.00	52.99	164.37	55.53	49.93	161.06	168.37	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360	Asia	India	Dorsum, dorsa	DO	H-03	Approved	Aug 18, 2026	[331]	Nilakantha; Indian mathematician and astronomer who developed a partially heliocentric planetary model in which Mercury orbits the Sun (1444-1544).		Aug 19, 2026
16497	Trask Dorsum	Trask Dorsum	Mercury	360.00	56.22	333.83	60.82	52.88	332.07	337.33	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Dorsum, dorsa	DO	H-05	Approved	Aug 18, 2026	[938]	Newell J.; American geologist (1930-2017).		Aug 19, 2026

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