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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rozhdestvenskiy
Clean Name Rozhdestvenskiy
Feature ID 5207
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 87.91 °
Southmost Latitude 82.07 °
Eastmost Longitude -126.16 °
Westmost Longitude 166.83 °
Diameter 181.15 km
Center Latitude 84.99 °
Center Longitude -157.89 °
Northmost Latitude 88.00 °
Southmost Latitude 82.07 °
Eastmost Longitude -122.45 °
Westmost Longitude 163.52 °
Diameter 180.00 km
Center Latitude 85.49 °
Center Longitude -158.44 °
Northmost Latitude 85.40 °
Southmost Latitude 85.00 °
Eastmost Longitude -121.20 °
Westmost Longitude 170.30 °
Diameter 177.00 km
Center Latitude 85.20 °
Center Longitude -155.40 °
Quad LAC-1 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Culture Soviet
Origin Dmitriy Sergeevich; Soviet physicist (1876-1940).
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) Rozhdestvenskiy H
Rozhdestvenskiy K
Rozhdestvenskiy U
Rozhdestvenskiy W

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