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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nasir
Clean Name Nasir
Feature ID 16332
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -19.86 °
Southmost Latitude -20.85 °
Eastmost Longitude 332.79 °
Westmost Longitude 333.81 °
Diameter 42.00 km
Center Latitude -20.33 °
Center Longitude 333.30 °
Quad H-10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 13, 2024
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Swahili
Origin Sayyid Abdallah Bin Ali Bin; Swahili poet, author of the epic Al Inkishafi (The Soul's Awakening) (1735-1810).
Reference [812] - Handbook of African Philosophy, by B. Freter, E. Imafidon, M. Tshivhase (Editors): Springer International Publishing, 2023.
Updated Aug 13, 2024 7:11 PM

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