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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Kästner R
Clean Name Kastner R
Feature ID 10287
Target Moon
Feature Type Satellite Feature

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -6.62 °
Southmost Latitude -7.18 °
Eastmost Longitude 82.45 °
Westmost Longitude 81.89 °
Diameter 16.98 km
Center Latitude -6.90 °
Center Longitude 82.17 °
Northmost Latitude -6.61 °
Southmost Latitude -7.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 82.46 °
Westmost Longitude 81.90 °
Diameter 16.98 km
Center Latitude -6.89 °
Center Longitude 82.18 °
Northmost Latitude -6.90 °
Southmost Latitude -6.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 82.30 °
Westmost Longitude 82.30 °
Diameter 17.00 km
Center Latitude -6.90 °
Center Longitude 82.30 °
Quad LAC-81 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Europe
Culture Germany
Origin Abraham Gotthelf; German mathematician, physicist (1719-1800).
Reference [67] - The System of Lunar Craters, Quadrants I, II, III, IV: by D. W. G. Arthur and others: Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, vol. 2, no. 30, 1963: vol. 3, no. 40, 1964: vol. 3, no. 50, 1965: vol. 5, no. 70, 1966.
Updated Oct 26, 2010 7:56 AM
Parent Feature Kästner
Additional Information Labeled Shekov on some LTO charts.

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