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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Vazov
Clean Name Vazov
Feature ID 15922
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -64.98 °
Southmost Latitude -65.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 211.37 °
Westmost Longitude 213.28 °
Diameter 33.00 km
Center Latitude -65.40 °
Center Longitude 212.33 °
Quad H-15 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jun 30, 2020
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Bulgaria
Origin Ivan, Bulgarian poet (1850-1921).
Reference [578] - Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century, edited by W. Roszkowski and J.Kofman; Routledge. London and New York, 2015.
Updated Jul 01, 2020 6:02 PM

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