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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Von Kármán
Clean Name Von Karman
Feature ID 6441
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -63.51 °
Southmost Latitude -65.03 °
Eastmost Longitude 303.07 °
Westmost Longitude 299.55 °
Diameter 90.29 km
Center Latitude -64.27 °
Center Longitude 301.30 °
Northmost Latitude -63.51 °
Southmost Latitude -65.03 °
Eastmost Longitude 56.93 °
Westmost Longitude 60.45 °
Diameter 90.29 km
Center Latitude -64.27 °
Center Longitude 58.70 °
Northmost Latitude -63.53 °
Southmost Latitude -65.04 °
Eastmost Longitude 303.10 °
Westmost Longitude 299.70 °
Diameter 90.00 km
Center Latitude -64.34 °
Center Longitude 301.50 °
Northmost Latitude -63.53 °
Southmost Latitude -65.04 °
Eastmost Longitude 56.90 °
Westmost Longitude 60.30 °
Diameter 90.00 km
Center Latitude -64.34 °
Center Longitude 58.50 °
Quad mc26 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent North America
Ethnicity American
Origin Theodore; Hungarian-American aeronautical engineer (1881-1963).
Reference [68] - World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus: Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968: New York, 1973.
Updated Aug 19, 2021 6:50 PM

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