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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Byron
Clean Name Byron
Feature ID 944
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -8.40 °
Southmost Latitude -8.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 31.40 °
Westmost Longitude 34.00 °
Diameter 105.00 km
Center Latitude -8.50 °
Center Longitude 32.70 °
Northmost Latitude -7.45 °
Southmost Latitude -9.95 °
Eastmost Longitude 31.66 °
Westmost Longitude 34.19 °
Diameter 106.58 km
Center Latitude -8.70 °
Center Longitude 32.93 °
Northmost Latitude -7.17 °
Southmost Latitude -9.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 31.72 °
Westmost Longitude 34.28 °
Diameter 106.58 km
Center Latitude -8.44 °
Center Longitude 33.00 °
Quad H-06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity England
Origin G. G.; English poet (1788-1824).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Mar 07, 2011 10:53 AM

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