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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Debes
Clean Name Debes
Feature ID 1452
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 30.00 °
Southmost Latitude 28.95 °
Eastmost Longitude 52.23 °
Westmost Longitude 51.02 °
Diameter 31.92 km
Center Latitude 29.47 °
Center Longitude 51.62 °
Northmost Latitude 29.99 °
Southmost Latitude 28.93 °
Eastmost Longitude 52.23 °
Westmost Longitude 51.02 °
Diameter 31.92 km
Center Latitude 29.46 °
Center Longitude 51.62 °
Northmost Latitude 29.50 °
Southmost Latitude 29.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 51.70 °
Westmost Longitude 51.70 °
Diameter 30.00 km
Center Latitude 29.50 °
Center Longitude 51.70 °
Quad LAC-44 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Culture Germany
Origin Ernst; German cartographer (1840-1923).
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 Nov 22, 2010 8:46 AM
Satellite Feature(s) Debes A
Debes B

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