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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Martins
Clean Name Martins
Feature ID 15846
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -7.86 °
Southmost Latitude -8.14 °
Eastmost Longitude 304.79 °
Westmost Longitude 305.08 °
Diameter 12.40 km
Center Latitude -8.00 °
Center Longitude 304.93 °
Quad H-10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jun 10, 2019
Continent South and Central America
Ethnicity Brazil
Origin Maria, Brazilian sculptor (1894-1973).
Reference [533] - Don’t Forget I Come From the Tropics: Reconsidering the Surrealist Sculpture of Maria Martins, by Michael R. Taylor: Journal of Surrealism and the Americas, Issue 8:1, pg. 74, 2014.
Updated Jun 10, 2019 1:25 PM

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