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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Maxwell
Clean Name Maxwell
Feature ID 3765
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 31.71 °
Southmost Latitude 28.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 100.60 °
Westmost Longitude 96.45 °
Diameter 109.24 km
Center Latitude 29.90 °
Center Longitude 98.53 °
Northmost Latitude 30.30 °
Southmost Latitude 30.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 101.10 °
Westmost Longitude 96.70 °
Diameter 107.00 km
Center Latitude 30.20 °
Center Longitude 98.90 °
Northmost Latitude 31.66 °
Southmost Latitude 28.05 °
Eastmost Longitude 100.42 °
Westmost Longitude 96.26 °
Diameter 109.24 km
Center Latitude 29.85 °
Center Longitude 98.34 °
Quad LAC-46 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1961
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Great Britain
Origin James Clerk; British physicist (1831-1879).
Reference [67] - The System of Lunar Craters, Quadrants I, II, III, IV: by D. W. G. Arthur and others: Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, vol. 2, no. 30, 1963: vol. 3, no. 40, 1964: vol. 3, no. 50, 1965: vol. 5, no. 70, 1966.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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