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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Lyapunov
Clean Name Lyapunov
Feature ID 3526
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 27.54 °
Southmost Latitude 25.31 °
Eastmost Longitude 90.61 °
Westmost Longitude 88.12 °
Diameter 67.58 km
Center Latitude 26.43 °
Center Longitude 89.36 °
Northmost Latitude 27.55 °
Southmost Latitude 25.32 °
Eastmost Longitude 90.52 °
Westmost Longitude 88.03 °
Diameter 67.58 km
Center Latitude 26.44 °
Center Longitude 89.28 °
Northmost Latitude 26.30 °
Southmost Latitude 26.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 89.30 °
Westmost Longitude 89.30 °
Diameter 66.00 km
Center Latitude 26.30 °
Center Longitude 89.30 °
Quad LAC-45 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1964
Continent Europe
Culture Russia
Origin Aleksandr Mikhailovich; Russian mathematician, engineer (1857-1918).
Reference [89] - Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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