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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rachmaninoff
Clean Name Rachmaninoff
Feature ID 14653
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 27.60 °
Southmost Latitude 27.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 302.40 °
Westmost Longitude 302.40 °
Diameter 290.00 km
Center Latitude 27.60 °
Center Longitude 302.40 °
Northmost Latitude 31.23 °
Southmost Latitude 24.06 °
Eastmost Longitude 298.80 °
Westmost Longitude 306.46 °
Diameter 305.00 km
Center Latitude 27.66 °
Center Longitude 302.63 °
Northmost Latitude 31.38 °
Southmost Latitude 24.19 °
Eastmost Longitude 298.37 °
Westmost Longitude 306.48 °
Diameter 305.62 km
Center Latitude 27.79 °
Center Longitude 302.42 °
Quad H-05 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 18, 2010
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Russia
Origin Sergei V.; Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (1873-1943).
Reference [233] - Collier's Encyclopedia, P.F. Collier, Inc., New York, 1993.
Updated Oct 12, 2016 3:20 PM

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