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Names Approved for Six Faculae on Mercury
16 April 2018
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature approved names for six faculae on Mercury:
Bibilava Faculae
,
Ejo Faculae
,
Ibab Facula
,
Inyoka Faculae
,
Maciji Facula
, and
Nzoka Facula
. For more information, see Mercury
map H-8
in the
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
.
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