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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Richardson
Clean Name Richardson
Feature ID 5027
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 33.20 °
Southmost Latitude 29.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 102.00 °
Westmost Longitude 98.90 °
Diameter 141.00 km
Center Latitude 31.10 °
Center Longitude 100.50 °
Northmost Latitude 33.63 °
Southmost Latitude 28.27 °
Eastmost Longitude 103.06 °
Westmost Longitude 96.80 °
Diameter 162.5643 km
Center Latitude 30.93 °
Center Longitude 99.89 °
Northmost Latitude 33.58 °
Southmost Latitude 28.22 °
Eastmost Longitude 103.04 °
Westmost Longitude 96.78 °
Diameter 162.5643 km
Center Latitude 30.88 °
Center Longitude 99.87 °
Quad LAC-46 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Great Britain
Origin Sir Owen Willans; British quantum physicist; Nobel laureate (1879-1959).
Reference -
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Richardson E
Richardson W

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