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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

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

Location


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 °
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 °
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 °
Quad LAC-15 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Culture 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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