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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Orm Faculae
Clean Name Orm Faculae
Feature ID 15815
Target Mercury
Feature Type Facula, faculae

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 27.90 °
Southmost Latitude 25.25 °
Eastmost Longitude 58.39 °
Westmost Longitude 60.97 °
Diameter 125.00 km
Center Latitude 26.58 °
Center Longitude 59.68 °
Quad H-02 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 16, 2019
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Sweden
Origin Swedish word for snake.
Reference [511] - Elementary Swedish Grammar, by Harold Howie Borland. J. Groos, 1936.
Updated Apr 16, 2019 1:23 PM

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