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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rodin
Clean Name Rodin
Feature ID 5169
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 21.20 °
Southmost Latitude 21.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 14.70 °
Westmost Longitude 21.60 °
Diameter 229.00 km
Center Latitude 21.10 °
Center Longitude 18.20 °
Northmost Latitude 24.35 °
Southmost Latitude 18.93 °
Eastmost Longitude 15.96 °
Westmost Longitude 21.79 °
Diameter 230.65 km
Center Latitude 21.64 °
Center Longitude 18.88 °
Northmost Latitude 24.42 °
Southmost Latitude 19.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 15.98 °
Westmost Longitude 21.80 °
Diameter 230.00 km
Center Latitude 21.72 °
Center Longitude 18.89 °
Quad H-06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Auguste; French sculptor (1840-1917).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 13, 2016 9:43 AM

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