Budh Planitia
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Budh Planitia is a large basin on Mercury
located at 22.0° N, 150.9° W. It lies to the east of Odin Planitia
. It falls with in the Tolstoj quadrangle
. It is named after the Hindu word for Mercury, Budha
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Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the Solar System, orbiting the Sun once every 87.969 Earth days. The orbit of Mercury has the highest eccentricity of all the Solar System planets, and it has the smallest axial tilt. It completes three rotations about its axis for every two orbits...
located at 22.0° N, 150.9° W. It lies to the east of Odin Planitia
Odin Planitia
Odin Planitia is a large basin on Mercury located in the Tolstoj quadrangle at 23.3° N, 171.6° W. It was named after the Norse god Odin in 1976 by the IAU. A large volcanic dome 7 km in diameter and 1.4 km high is situated near the center of Odin....
. It falls with in the Tolstoj quadrangle
Tolstoj quadrangle
The Tolstoj quadrangle in the equatorial region of Mercury runs from 144 to 216° longitude and -25 to 25° latitude. It was provisionally called "Tir", but renamed after Leo Tolstoy by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Also called Phaethontias....
. It is named after the Hindu word for Mercury, Budha
Budha
In Hindu mythology, Budha is the name for the planet Mercury, a son of Chandra with Tara or Rohini. He is also the god of merchandise and protector of Merchants....
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