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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Kirchhoff
Clean Name Kirchhoff
Feature ID 3048
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 30.70 °
Southmost Latitude 29.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 39.31 °
Westmost Longitude 38.38 °
Diameter 24.38 km
Center Latitude 30.30 °
Center Longitude 38.84 °
Northmost Latitude 30.30 °
Southmost Latitude 30.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 38.80 °
Westmost Longitude 38.80 °
Diameter 24.00 km
Center Latitude 30.30 °
Center Longitude 38.80 °
Northmost Latitude 30.70 °
Southmost Latitude 29.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 39.27 °
Westmost Longitude 38.34 °
Diameter 24.38 km
Center Latitude 30.30 °
Center Longitude 38.81 °
Quad LAC-43 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Gustav Robert; German physicist (1824-1887).
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) Kirchhoff F
Kirchhoff C
Kirchhoff E
Kirchhoff G

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