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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Qiu Ying
Clean Name Qiu Ying
Feature ID 15027
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 82.60 °
Southmost Latitude 82.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 87.50 °
Westmost Longitude 87.50 °
Diameter 20.00 km
Center Latitude 82.60 °
Center Longitude 87.50 °
Northmost Latitude 82.90 °
Southmost Latitude 82.43 °
Eastmost Longitude 83.87 °
Westmost Longitude 87.54 °
Diameter 20.00 km
Center Latitude 82.67 °
Center Longitude 85.70 °
Quad H-01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 06, 2012
Continent Asia
Ethnicity China
Origin (Ch'iu Ying); Chinese painter (1494-1552).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 12, 2016 3:16 PM

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