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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Dickens
Clean Name Dickens
Feature ID 1527
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -72.70 °
Southmost Latitude -73.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 150.10 °
Westmost Longitude 156.40 °
Diameter 78.00 km
Center Latitude -72.90 °
Center Longitude 153.30 °
Northmost Latitude -72.49 °
Southmost Latitude -74.31 °
Eastmost Longitude 152.45 °
Westmost Longitude 158.81 °
Diameter 77.31 km
Center Latitude -73.40 °
Center Longitude 155.63 °
Northmost Latitude -72.36 °
Southmost Latitude -74.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 152.81 °
Westmost Longitude 159.11 °
Diameter 77.31 km
Center Latitude -73.26 °
Center Longitude 155.96 °
Quad H-15 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity England
Origin Charles; English novelist (1812-1870).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Mar 07, 2011 10:53 AM

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