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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Sihtu Planitia
Clean Name Sihtu Planitia
Feature ID 15557
Target Mercury
Feature Type Planitia, planitiae

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 2.63 °
Southmost Latitude -9.21 °
Eastmost Longitude 50.28 °
Westmost Longitude 59.89 °
Diameter 565.00 km
Center Latitude -2.82 °
Center Longitude 55.57 °
Quad H-06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 14, 2017
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Babylon
Origin Babylonian word for the planet Mercury.
Reference [419] - Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, by Helaine Selin: Springer Science & Business Media, 2008.
Updated Mar 14, 2017 1:03 PM

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