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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Aryabhata
Clean Name Aryabhata
Feature ID 411
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 6.56 °
Southmost Latitude 5.84 °
Eastmost Longitude 35.54 °
Westmost Longitude 34.81 °
Diameter 21.89 km
Center Latitude 6.20 °
Center Longitude 35.17 °
Northmost Latitude 6.56 °
Southmost Latitude 5.84 °
Eastmost Longitude 35.54 °
Westmost Longitude 34.81 °
Diameter 21.89 km
Center Latitude 6.20 °
Center Longitude 35.17 °
Northmost Latitude 6.20 °
Southmost Latitude 6.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 35.10 °
Westmost Longitude 35.10 °
Diameter 22.00 km
Center Latitude 6.20 °
Center Longitude 35.10 °
Quad LAC-61 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Asia
Culture India
Origin Aryabhata I; Indian astronomer, mathematician (476-c.550).
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

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