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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Shklovsky

Basic Info

Feature Name Shklovsky
Clean Name Shklovsky
Feature ID 14866
Target Phobos
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 29.00 °
Southmost Latitude 19.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 242.00 °
Westmost Longitude 254.00 °
Diameter 2.00 km
Center Latitude 24.00 °
Center Longitude 248.00 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jul 28, 2011
Continent Europe
Culture Soviet
Origin Iosif S., Soviet astronomer (1916-1985).
Reference [254] - Universe, Life, Intelligence, by I.S. Shklovsky: USSR Academy of Sciences Publisher, Moscow, 1962 (in Russian).
Updated Jul 28, 2011 8:11 AM