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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Machaut
Clean Name Machaut
Feature ID 3555
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -1.80 °
Southmost Latitude -2.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 80.90 °
Westmost Longitude 83.40 °
Diameter 106.00 km
Center Latitude -1.90 °
Center Longitude 82.10 °
Northmost Latitude -0.82 °
Southmost Latitude -3.26 °
Eastmost Longitude 81.11 °
Westmost Longitude 83.55 °
Diameter 104.00 km
Center Latitude -2.04 °
Center Longitude 82.33 °
Northmost Latitude -0.83 °
Southmost Latitude -3.27 °
Eastmost Longitude 81.16 °
Westmost Longitude 83.59 °
Diameter 104.00 km
Center Latitude -2.05 °
Center Longitude 82.37 °
Quad H-07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Guillaume de; French poet and composer (c. 1300-1377).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 4:01 PM

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