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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Giotto
Clean Name Giotto
Feature ID 2173
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 12.10 °
Southmost Latitude 11.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 54.00 °
Westmost Longitude 57.60 °
Diameter 150.00 km
Center Latitude 12.00 °
Center Longitude 55.80 °
Northmost Latitude 14.16 °
Southmost Latitude 10.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 54.73 °
Westmost Longitude 58.20 °
Diameter 144.21 km
Center Latitude 12.47 °
Center Longitude 56.47 °
Northmost Latitude 14.15 °
Southmost Latitude 10.76 °
Eastmost Longitude 54.75 °
Westmost Longitude 58.21 °
Diameter 144.00 km
Center Latitude 12.46 °
Center Longitude 56.48 °
Quad H-06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Italy
Origin Italian painter (c. 1271-1337).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 12:45 PM

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