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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Yamada
Clean Name Yamada
Feature ID 15435
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 82.74 °
Southmost Latitude 82.34 °
Eastmost Longitude 222.32 °
Westmost Longitude 225.35 °
Diameter 17.10 km
Center Latitude 82.54 °
Center Longitude 223.84 °
Quad H-01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 04, 2015
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Japan
Origin Kosaku; Japanese composer and conductor (1886-1965).
Reference [381] - Morihide Katayama, Kosaku Yamada, Naxos Classical Archives, 2015 (http://www.naxos.com/person/Koscak_Yamada/20862.htm)
Updated Nov 04, 2015 9:08 AM

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