Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Investigator Rupes
Clean Name Investigator Rupes
Feature ID 15953
Target Mercury
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -22.60 °
Southmost Latitude -27.48 °
Eastmost Longitude 220.29 °
Westmost Longitude 228.47 °
Diameter 390.00 km
Center Latitude -25.39 °
Center Longitude 223.96 °
Quad H-13 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 12, 2021
Continent Oceania
Ethnicity Australia
Origin Australian; research vessel used since 2014 for atmospheric, oceanographic, biological and geoscience research from the tropical north to the Antarctic ice-edge mainly in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Reference [596] - Maritime Psychology: Research in Organizational & Health Behavior at Sea, edited by Malcolm MacLachlan. Springer, 2017. (P. 75).
Updated Feb 02, 2021 10:08 PM

The boundaries shown on the maps above are approximate and are intended only to portray the locations of named features and their rough extents.

Changes in the control network drop down are not reflected automatically on the map. You may wish to select a different layer on the map to match the control network for the geometry you are viewing.

PDF Maps of Mercury