Tolkien (crater)
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tolkien-crater-310-5815373
title:
Tolkien (crater)
text:
Tolkien is one of the northernmost craters on Mercury, located in the Borealis quadrangle at 88.82 N, 211.08 W. It is 50 km in diameter. It was named after the South African born British writer J. R. R. Tolkien. The name was approved by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature on August 6, 2012. Since Tolkien is very close to the north pole, and Mercury has almost no axial tilt, Tolkien receives very little sunlight. S band radar data from the Arecibo Observatory collected between 1
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Crater on Mercury
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien_(crater)
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date modified:
2024-03-06T10:21:12Z
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13
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