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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Theaetetus
Clean Name Theaetetus
Feature ID 5955
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 37.38 °
Southmost Latitude 36.64 °
Eastmost Longitude 6.56 °
Westmost Longitude 5.55 °
Diameter 24.59 km
Center Latitude 37.01 °
Center Longitude 6.06 °
Northmost Latitude 37.39 °
Southmost Latitude 36.59 °
Eastmost Longitude 6.56 °
Westmost Longitude 5.53 °
Diameter 25.52 km
Center Latitude 36.98 °
Center Longitude 6.05 °
Northmost Latitude 37.00 °
Southmost Latitude 37.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 6.00 °
Westmost Longitude 6.00 °
Diameter 24.00 km
Center Latitude 37.00 °
Center Longitude 6.00 °
Quad LAC-25 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Culture Greek
Origin Greek mathematician (c. 417-369 B.C.).
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

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