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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nikolaev
Clean Name Nikolaev
Feature ID 4268
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 35.78 °
Southmost Latitude 34.38 °
Eastmost Longitude 152.14 °
Westmost Longitude 150.42 °
Diameter 42.67 km
Center Latitude 35.08 °
Center Longitude 151.28 °
Northmost Latitude 35.76 °
Southmost Latitude 34.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 152.02 °
Westmost Longitude 150.30 °
Diameter 42.67 km
Center Latitude 35.06 °
Center Longitude 151.16 °
Northmost Latitude 35.20 °
Southmost Latitude 35.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 151.30 °
Westmost Longitude 151.30 °
Diameter 41.00 km
Center Latitude 35.20 °
Center Longitude 151.30 °
Quad LAC-31 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Soviet
Origin Andriyan Grigoryevich; Soviet cosmonaut (1929-2004).
Reference [64] - Large Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 30 volumes: Sov. Entsikl., Moscow, 1969-1978 (in Russian).
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Nikolaev G
Nikolaev J

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