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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Hokusai
Clean Name Hokusai
Feature ID 14644
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 58.30 °
Southmost Latitude 58.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 342.30 °
Westmost Longitude 342.30 °
Diameter 95.00 km
Center Latitude 58.30 °
Center Longitude 342.30 °
Northmost Latitude 59.10 °
Southmost Latitude 56.43 °
Eastmost Longitude 340.59 °
Westmost Longitude 345.61 °
Diameter 114.03 km
Center Latitude 57.76 °
Center Longitude 343.10 °
Northmost Latitude 59.00 °
Southmost Latitude 56.67 °
Eastmost Longitude 341.25 °
Westmost Longitude 345.46 °
Diameter 114.00 km
Center Latitude 57.84 °
Center Longitude 343.35 °
Quad H-05 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 03, 2010
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Japan
Origin Katsushika; Japanese painter, draftsman, and printmaker (1760-1849).
Reference [211] - The Dictionary of Art, Vols. 1-33, edited by Jane Turne: Macmillan Publishers, New York, 1996.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 1:39 PM

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