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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Seares
Clean Name Seares
Feature ID 5398
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 75.38 °
Southmost Latitude 72.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 153.10 °
Westmost Longitude 141.37 °
Diameter 99.50 km
Center Latitude 73.74 °
Center Longitude 147.23 °
Northmost Latitude 75.29 °
Southmost Latitude 71.83 °
Eastmost Longitude 152.79 °
Westmost Longitude 140.57 °
Diameter 104.75 km
Center Latitude 73.53 °
Center Longitude 146.38 °
Northmost Latitude 73.80 °
Southmost Latitude 73.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 151.70 °
Westmost Longitude 139.90 °
Diameter 110.00 km
Center Latitude 73.50 °
Center Longitude 145.80 °
Quad LAC-7 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent North America
Ethnicity American
Origin Frederick Hanley; American astronomer (1873-1964).
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) Seares B
Seares Y

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