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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Balzac
Clean Name Balzac
Feature ID 587
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 10.30 °
Southmost Latitude 10.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 143.10 °
Westmost Longitude 145.10 °
Diameter 80.00 km
Center Latitude 10.30 °
Center Longitude 144.10 °
Northmost Latitude 11.37 °
Southmost Latitude 9.79 °
Eastmost Longitude 143.79 °
Westmost Longitude 145.39 °
Diameter 67.04 km
Center Latitude 10.58 °
Center Longitude 144.59 °
Northmost Latitude 11.41 °
Southmost Latitude 9.84 °
Eastmost Longitude 143.87 °
Westmost Longitude 145.47 °
Diameter 67.00 km
Center Latitude 10.62 °
Center Longitude 144.67 °
Quad H-08 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Honore de; French novelist (1799-1850).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 07, 2016 2:13 PM

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