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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mons Huygens
Clean Name Mons Huygens
Feature ID 3987
Target Moon
Feature Type Mons, montes

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 20.58 °
Southmost Latitude 19.20 °
Eastmost Longitude -2.44 °
Westmost Longitude -3.32 °
Diameter 41.97 km
Center Latitude 19.92 °
Center Longitude -2.86 °
Northmost Latitude 20.58 °
Southmost Latitude 19.26 °
Eastmost Longitude -2.47 °
Westmost Longitude -3.35 °
Diameter 41.97 km
Center Latitude 19.92 °
Center Longitude -2.89 °
Northmost Latitude 20.00 °
Southmost Latitude 20.00 °
Eastmost Longitude -2.90 °
Westmost Longitude -2.90 °
Diameter 40.00 km
Center Latitude 20.00 °
Center Longitude -2.90 °
Quad LAC-41 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1961
Continent Europe
Ethnicity The Netherlands (Dutch)
Origin Christiaan; Dutch astronomer, mathematician, physicist (1629-1695).
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
Satellite Feature(s) Huygens A

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