Planetary Names

Basic Info

Feature Name	Antares Rupes
Clean Name	Antares Rupes
Feature ID	16106
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs

Location

Control Network
MESSENGER Team

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	21.34 °
Southmost Latitude	14.78 °
Eastmost Longitude	223.21 °
Westmost Longitude	234.42 °
Diameter	530.00 km
Center Latitude	18.06 °
Center Longitude	229.42 °
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Quad	H-09 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 07, 2022
Continent	North America
Ethnicity	Mexico
Origin	Mexican; an oceanographic research vessel for hydrography, meteorology, and oceanography studies (since 1968).
Reference	[653] - History of the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, by Tunnell, J. W. Jr., in Gulf of Mexico Science 28 (1), 2010. Retrieved from https://aquila.usm.edu/goms/vol28/iss1/8
Updated	Nov 08, 2022 7:53 PM

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