Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Obruchev
Clean Name Obruchev
Feature ID 4390
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -37.48 °
Southmost Latitude -39.86 °
Eastmost Longitude 163.96 °
Westmost Longitude 160.90 °
Diameter 72.23 km
Center Latitude -38.67 °
Center Longitude 162.43 °
Quad LAC-119 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Soviet
Origin Vladimir Afanasievich; Soviet geologist (1863-1956).
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) Obruchev V
Obruchev M
Obruchev T
Obruchev X

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