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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Amaral
Clean Name Amaral
Feature ID 14506
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -26.40 °
Southmost Latitude -26.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 242.30 °
Westmost Longitude 242.30 °
Diameter 106.00 km
Center Latitude -26.40 °
Center Longitude 242.30 °
Northmost Latitude -25.26 °
Southmost Latitude -27.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 240.78 °
Westmost Longitude 243.63 °
Diameter 108.52 km
Center Latitude -26.54 °
Center Longitude 242.20 °
Northmost Latitude -25.25 °
Southmost Latitude -27.73 °
Eastmost Longitude 240.82 °
Westmost Longitude 243.53 °
Diameter 105.00 km
Center Latitude -26.49 °
Center Longitude 242.18 °
Quad H-13 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 20, 2008
Continent South and Central America
Ethnicity Brazil
Origin Tarsila do; Brazilian painter (1886-1973).
Reference [210] - Dictionary of Women Artists, edited by Delia Gaze: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago/London, 1997.
Updated Oct 07, 2016 1:41 PM

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