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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Murasaki
Clean Name Murasaki
Feature ID 4071
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -12.40 °
Southmost Latitude -12.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 28.60 °
Westmost Longitude 31.90 °
Diameter 130.00 km
Center Latitude -12.60 °
Center Longitude 30.20 °
Northmost Latitude -10.94 °
Southmost Latitude -14.05 °
Eastmost Longitude 28.91 °
Westmost Longitude 32.09 °
Diameter 132.24 km
Center Latitude -12.50 °
Center Longitude 30.50 °
Northmost Latitude -10.99 °
Southmost Latitude -14.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 28.81 °
Westmost Longitude 32.00 °
Diameter 132.00 km
Center Latitude -12.54 °
Center Longitude 30.40 °
Quad H-06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Japan
Origin Shikibu; Japanese novelist and poet (978-1014/1026).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 12, 2016 8:16 AM

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