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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Egede
Clean Name Egede
Feature ID 1728
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 49.28 °
Southmost Latitude 48.15 °
Eastmost Longitude 11.49 °
Westmost Longitude 9.78 °
Diameter 34.18 km
Center Latitude 48.72 °
Center Longitude 10.64 °
Northmost Latitude 49.28 °
Southmost Latitude 48.15 °
Eastmost Longitude 11.49 °
Westmost Longitude 9.78 °
Diameter 34.18 km
Center Latitude 48.72 °
Center Longitude 10.64 °
Northmost Latitude 48.70 °
Southmost Latitude 48.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 10.60 °
Westmost Longitude 10.60 °
Diameter 37.00 km
Center Latitude 48.70 °
Center Longitude 10.60 °
Quad LAC-13 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Culture Denmark
Origin Hans; Danish natural historian (1686-1758).
Reference [66] - Named Lunar Formations, by Mary A. Blagg and K. Müller: Percy Lund, Humphries and Co. Ltd., London, 1935.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Egede A
Egede B
Egede C
Egede E
Egede F
Egede G
Egede M
Egede N
Egede P

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