Jump to content

Slang Faculae

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Lithopsian (talk | contribs) at 19:27, 26 August 2020 (collective term for several spots, there is no "Slang Facula"). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

MESSENGER approximate color image

Slang Faculae is a bright region on the surface of Mercury, located at 24.5° N, 179.3° W. It was named by the IAU in 2018.[1] Slang is the Afrikaans word for snake.

Slang Faculae lies on the southeast rim of the Caloris basin, east of Atget crater and south of March crater.

References

  1. ^ "Slang". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
Stub icon

This article about the planet Mercury is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Slang_Faculae&oldid=975105607"