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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Laue
Clean Name Laue
Feature ID 3297
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 29.76 °
Southmost Latitude 26.82 °
Eastmost Longitude -95.38 °
Westmost Longitude -98.72 °
Diameter 89.17 km
Center Latitude 28.29 °
Center Longitude -97.05 °
Northmost Latitude 29.84 °
Southmost Latitude 26.90 °
Eastmost Longitude -95.41 °
Westmost Longitude -98.75 °
Diameter 89.17 km
Center Latitude 28.37 °
Center Longitude -97.08 °
Northmost Latitude 28.00 °
Southmost Latitude 28.00 °
Eastmost Longitude -96.70 °
Westmost Longitude -96.70 °
Diameter 87.00 km
Center Latitude 28.00 °
Center Longitude -96.70 °
Quad LAC-54 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Culture Germany
Origin Max Theodor Felix von; German physicist; Nobel laureate (1879-1960).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Laue G
Laue U

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