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Feature ID	Feature Name	Clean Feature Name	Target	Diameter	Center Latitude	Center Longitude	Northernmost Latitude	Southernmost Latitude	Easternmost Longitude	Westernmost Longitude	Coordinate System	Continent	Ethnicity	Feature Type	Feature Type Code	Quad	Approval Status	Approval Date	Reference	Origin	Additional Info	Last Updated
15839	Piri Rupes	Piri Rupes	Pluto	549.00	27.13	108.90	37.62	16.63	119.10	98.70	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Ottoman	Rupes, rupēs	RU	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[527]	Ahmed Muhiddin, also known as Piri Reis, Ottoman navigator and cartographer (c. 1470–1553). Author of one of the earliest existing world maps in 1513. His “Book of the Sea” (1521), containing 290 maps, was one of the most famous cartographical works of that period.	None	May 31, 2019
16035	Ride Rupes	Ride Rupes	Pluto	235.00	-19.66	163.19	-14.00	-25.31	164.25	162.35	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Rupes, rupēs	RU	-	Approved	Sep 02, 2021	[628]	Sally; American physicist, astronaut, and first American woman in space (1951-2012).	None	Dec 16, 2021

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