Planetary Names

Basic Info

Feature Name	Catuilla Planum
Clean Name	Catuilla Planum
Feature ID	15559
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Planum, plana

Location

Control Network
MESSENGER Team

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	-2.25 °
Southmost Latitude	-14.32 °
Eastmost Longitude	236.62 °
Westmost Longitude	253.72 °
Diameter	735.00 km
Center Latitude	-8.78 °
Center Longitude	245.78 °
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Quad	H-09 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Mar 14, 2017
Continent	South and Central America
Ethnicity	Inca
Origin	Inca/Quechua word for the planet Mercury.
Reference	[420] - History of the New World Called America: book I, Discovery. Book II Aboriginal America, by Edward John Payne: Clarendon Press, 1892.
Updated	Mar 14, 2017 1:55 PM

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