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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Malinkin
Clean Name Malinkin
Feature ID 15242
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


LOLA 2011
Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -87.08 °
Southmost Latitude -87.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 78.75 °
Westmost Longitude 73.12 °
Diameter 8.28 km
Center Latitude -87.22 °
Center Longitude 75.94 °
Quad LAC-144 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date May 20, 2014
Continent Europe
Culture Russia
Origin Egor Ivanovich, Russian meteorite researcher (1923-2008).
Reference [333] - Oblomki nebesnoy tverdi [Fragments of the firmament], by George Burba: Vokrug Sveta, No. 11 (2806), p. 32-38, 2007 (in Russian).
Updated May 20, 2014 8:57 AM

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