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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mare Fecunditatis
Clean Name Mare Fecunditatis
Feature ID 3673
Target Moon
Feature Type Mare, maria

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 6.11 °
Southmost Latitude -21.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 63.34 °
Westmost Longitude 40.77 °
Diameter 840.35 km
Center Latitude -7.83 °
Center Longitude 53.67 °
Northmost Latitude 6.02 °
Southmost Latitude -21.47 °
Eastmost Longitude 63.61 °
Westmost Longitude 40.48 °
Diameter 840.35 km
Center Latitude -7.83 °
Center Longitude 53.67 °
Northmost Latitude 7.10 °
Southmost Latitude -22.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 52.80 °
Westmost Longitude 49.70 °
Diameter 909.00 km
Center Latitude -7.80 °
Center Longitude 51.30 °
Quad LAC-80 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Culture Latin
Origin "Sea of Fecundity."
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

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