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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ts'ai Wen-Chi
Clean Name Ts ai Wen Chi
Feature ID 6116
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 22.90 °
Southmost Latitude 22.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 20.70 °
Westmost Longitude 23.60 °
Diameter 119.00 km
Center Latitude 22.80 °
Center Longitude 22.20 °
Northmost Latitude 24.86 °
Southmost Latitude 21.95 °
Eastmost Longitude 21.37 °
Westmost Longitude 24.54 °
Diameter 123.80 km
Center Latitude 23.41 °
Center Longitude 22.96 °
Northmost Latitude 24.94 °
Southmost Latitude 22.01 °
Eastmost Longitude 21.55 °
Westmost Longitude 24.75 °
Diameter 124.00 km
Center Latitude 23.47 °
Center Longitude 23.15 °
Quad H-02 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Asia
Ethnicity China
Origin Chinese poetess and musician (2nd-3rd century AD).
Reference [771] - Shadows in a Chinese Landscape: The Notes of a Confucian Scholar, by Chi Yun, Translated and edited by David L. Keenan. An East Gate Book / M. E. Sharpe, Inc. 1999. P. 137.
Updated Oct 24, 2023 6:26 PM
Additional Information Origin changed from "Han dynasty composer (second century A.D.)" to "Chinese poetess and musician (2nd-3rd century AD)" on October 24, 2023 to closely match that for the Venus crater Caiwenji (spelling variant).

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