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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rikyū
Clean Name Rikyu
Feature ID 15145
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 80.72 °
Southmost Latitude 80.19 °
Eastmost Longitude 22.65 °
Westmost Longitude 25.79 °
Diameter 22.39 km
Center Latitude 80.45 °
Center Longitude 24.22 °
Northmost Latitude 80.17 °
Southmost Latitude 79.64 °
Eastmost Longitude 21.23 °
Westmost Longitude 24.24 °
Diameter 22.39 km
Center Latitude 79.91 °
Center Longitude 22.74 °
Quad H-01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jun 18, 2013
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Japan
Origin Sen no; Japanese tea master, designer of Japanese tea ceremony (1522-1591).
Reference [305] - The Tea Ceremony, by Sen’ō Tanaka, Sendō Tanaka, and Edwin Reischauer: Kodansha International, 2000.
Updated Jun 20, 2013 9:43 AM

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