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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Markov
Clean Name Markov
Feature ID 3720
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 54.09 °
Southmost Latitude 52.78 °
Eastmost Longitude -61.74 °
Westmost Longitude -63.95 °
Diameter 39.92 km
Center Latitude 53.43 °
Center Longitude -62.84 °
Northmost Latitude 54.11 °
Southmost Latitude 52.77 °
Eastmost Longitude -61.66 °
Westmost Longitude -63.92 °
Diameter 40.76 km
Center Latitude 53.44 °
Center Longitude -62.79 °
Northmost Latitude 53.40 °
Southmost Latitude 53.40 °
Eastmost Longitude -62.70 °
Westmost Longitude -62.70 °
Diameter 40.00 km
Center Latitude 53.40 °
Center Longitude -62.70 °
Quad LAC-10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1964
Continent Europe
Culture Russia
Origin Aleksandr Vladimirovich; Soviet astrophysicist (1897-1968); Andrei Andreevich; Russian mathematician (1856-1922).
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
Satellite Feature(s) Markov U
Markov E
Markov F
Markov G

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