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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Carvalho
Clean Name Carvalho
Feature ID 16334
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 27.87 °
Southmost Latitude 25.74 °
Eastmost Longitude 50.51 °
Westmost Longitude 52.80 °
Diameter 90.00 km
Center Latitude 26.82 °
Center Longitude 51.61 °
Quad H-02 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 13, 2024
Continent South and Central America
Ethnicity Brazil
Origin Beth; Brazilian musician, known as the ‘Godmother of Samba’ (1946-2019).
Reference [814] - Beth Carvalho, Brazil’s ‘Godmother of Samba,’ is Dead at 72, by Jon Pareles:New York Times Obituary, May 6, 2019: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/obituaries/beth-carvalho-dead.html
Updated Aug 13, 2024 7:32 PM

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