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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mendelssohn
Clean Name Mendelssohn
Feature ID 14966
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 73.42 °
Southmost Latitude 66.58 °
Eastmost Longitude 247.56 °
Westmost Longitude 267.32 °
Diameter 291.06 km
Center Latitude 70.07 °
Center Longitude 257.45 °
Northmost Latitude 73.66 °
Southmost Latitude 66.82 °
Eastmost Longitude 247.65 °
Westmost Longitude 267.70 °
Diameter 291.00 km
Center Latitude 70.31 °
Center Longitude 257.68 °
Quad H-01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 24, 2012
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Jakob Ludwig Felix; German composer (1809-1847).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 11, 2016 4:20 PM

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