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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Barocius
Clean Name Barocius
Feature ID 613
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -43.61 °
Southmost Latitude -46.34 °
Eastmost Longitude 18.74 °
Westmost Longitude 14.87 °
Diameter 82.72 km
Center Latitude -44.98 °
Center Longitude 16.81 °
Northmost Latitude -43.67 °
Southmost Latitude -46.39 °
Eastmost Longitude 18.73 °
Westmost Longitude 14.87 °
Diameter 82.72 km
Center Latitude -45.03 °
Center Longitude 16.80 °
Northmost Latitude -44.90 °
Southmost Latitude -44.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 16.80 °
Westmost Longitude 16.80 °
Diameter 82.00 km
Center Latitude -44.90 °
Center Longitude 16.80 °
Quad LAC-113 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Italy
Origin Francesco; Italian mathematician (1537-1604).
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) Barocius D
Barocius W
Barocius S
Barocius R
Barocius B
Barocius C
Barocius E
Barocius EC
Barocius F
Barocius G
Barocius H
Barocius J
Barocius K
Barocius L
Barocius M
Barocius N
Barocius O

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