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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

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Data Style

Abbreviated: The contents of certain fields will contain codes or abbreviations as described in the Specifics of the Gazetteer. For example, if a feature is a crater, the Feature Type field will contain the code AA.

Full: The contents of certain fields will contain the full word, description, or title as described in the Specifics of the Gazetteer. For example, if a feature is a crater, the Feature Type field will contain the word Crater.

Delimiter

A delimiter is the character that separates each field of a feature's record.


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