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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Gibbs
Clean Name Gibbs
Feature ID 2155
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -17.07 °
Southmost Latitude -19.66 °
Eastmost Longitude 85.64 °
Westmost Longitude 82.90 °
Diameter 78.76 km
Center Latitude -18.37 °
Center Longitude 84.27 °
Northmost Latitude -17.05 °
Southmost Latitude -19.64 °
Eastmost Longitude 85.60 °
Westmost Longitude 82.86 °
Diameter 78.76 km
Center Latitude -18.34 °
Center Longitude 84.23 °
Northmost Latitude -18.40 °
Southmost Latitude -18.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 84.30 °
Westmost Longitude 84.30 °
Diameter 76.00 km
Center Latitude -18.40 °
Center Longitude 84.30 °
Quad LAC-99 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1964
Continent North America
Culture American
Origin Josiah Willard; American mathematical physicist (1839-1903).
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 Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Gibbs D

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