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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rayleigh
Clean Name Rayleigh
Feature ID 4966
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 31.00 °
Southmost Latitude 27.24 °
Eastmost Longitude 91.59 °
Westmost Longitude 87.30 °
Diameter 113.77 km
Center Latitude 29.12 °
Center Longitude 89.45 °
Northmost Latitude 30.95 °
Southmost Latitude 27.19 °
Eastmost Longitude 91.39 °
Westmost Longitude 87.10 °
Diameter 113.77 km
Center Latitude 29.07 °
Center Longitude 89.25 °
Northmost Latitude 29.40 °
Southmost Latitude 29.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 92.10 °
Westmost Longitude 87.00 °
Diameter 114.00 km
Center Latitude 29.30 °
Center Longitude 89.60 °
Quad LAC-45 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1964
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Great Britain
Origin John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh; British physicist; Nobel laureate (1842-1919).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Rayleigh A
Rayleigh B
Rayleigh C
Rayleigh D

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