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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Yoshikawa
Clean Name Yoshikawa
Feature ID 15028
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 81.20 °
Southmost Latitude 81.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 254.00 °
Westmost Longitude 254.00 °
Diameter 30.00 km
Center Latitude 81.20 °
Center Longitude 254.00 °
Northmost Latitude 81.57 °
Southmost Latitude 80.86 °
Eastmost Longitude 251.64 °
Westmost Longitude 256.30 °
Diameter 30.00 km
Center Latitude 81.21 °
Center Longitude 253.97 °
Quad H-01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 06, 2012
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Japan
Origin Hidetsugu (Eiji); Japanese novelist (1892-1962).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Aug 06, 2012 11:20 AM

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