Planetary Names

Basic Info

Feature Name	Mare Humboldtianum
Clean Name	Mare Humboldtianum
Feature ID	3676
Target	Moon
Feature Type	Mare, maria

Location

Control Network

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude	60.02 °
Southmost Latitude	53.65 °
Eastmost Longitude	88.49 °
Westmost Longitude	74.75 °
Diameter	230.78 km
Center Latitude	56.92 °
Center Longitude	81.54 °
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Northmost Latitude	58.30 °
Southmost Latitude	55.30 °
Eastmost Longitude	89.00 °
Westmost Longitude	74.10 °
Diameter	273.00 km
Center Latitude	56.80 °
Center Longitude	81.50 °
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Northmost Latitude	60.02 °
Southmost Latitude	53.95 °
Eastmost Longitude	88.49 °
Westmost Longitude	74.60 °
Diameter	230.78 km
Center Latitude	56.92 °
Center Longitude	81.54 °
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Quad	LAC-15 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1935
Continent	Europe
Ethnicity	Germany
Origin	Humboldt, Alexander von; German natural historian (1769-1859).
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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Basic Info

Location

Status and Origin

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