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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rozhdestvenskiy U
Clean Name Rozhdestvenskiy U
Feature ID 12725
Target Moon
Feature Type Satellite Feature

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 85.62 °
Southmost Latitude 84.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 160.25 °
Westmost Longitude 143.85 °
Diameter 44.11 km
Center Latitude 84.89 °
Center Longitude 152.05 °
Northmost Latitude 85.56 °
Southmost Latitude 84.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 159.91 °
Westmost Longitude 144.59 °
Diameter 41.35 km
Center Latitude 84.89 °
Center Longitude 152.25 °
Northmost Latitude 85.30 °
Southmost Latitude 85.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 151.90 °
Westmost Longitude 151.90 °
Diameter 44.00 km
Center Latitude 85.30 °
Center Longitude 151.90 °
Quad LAC-1 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Soviet
Origin Dmitriy Sergeevich; Soviet physicist (1876-1940).
Reference [89] - Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Parent Feature Rozhdestvenskiy

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