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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Calvino
Clean Name Calvino
Feature ID 14577
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -3.90 °
Southmost Latitude -3.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 56.00 °
Westmost Longitude 56.00 °
Diameter 68.00 km
Center Latitude -3.90 °
Center Longitude 56.00 °
Northmost Latitude -3.14 °
Southmost Latitude -4.72 °
Eastmost Longitude 55.19 °
Westmost Longitude 56.78 °
Diameter 67.23 km
Center Latitude -3.93 °
Center Longitude 55.98 °
Northmost Latitude -3.20 °
Southmost Latitude -4.78 °
Eastmost Longitude 55.24 °
Westmost Longitude 56.83 °
Diameter 67.00 km
Center Latitude -3.99 °
Center Longitude 56.03 °
Quad H-06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jul 09, 2009
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Italy
Origin Italo; Italian writer (1923-1985).
Reference [87] - Italo Calvino, by Martin McLaughlin: Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 1998.
Updated Oct 07, 2016 2:58 PM

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