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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Wang Meng
Clean Name Wang Meng
Feature ID 6486
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 9.00 °
Southmost Latitude 8.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 101.80 °
Westmost Longitude 105.80 °
Diameter 165.00 km
Center Latitude 8.80 °
Center Longitude 103.80 °
Northmost Latitude 10.58 °
Southmost Latitude 6.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 102.10 °
Westmost Longitude 106.02 °
Diameter 165.12 km
Center Latitude 8.64 °
Center Longitude 104.06 °
Northmost Latitude 10.47 °
Southmost Latitude 6.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 102.16 °
Westmost Longitude 106.08 °
Diameter 165.00 km
Center Latitude 8.53 °
Center Longitude 104.12 °
Quad H-07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Asia
Ethnicity China
Origin Chinese painter (1308-1385).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 14, 2016 10:51 AM

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