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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Wegener
Clean Name Wegener
Feature ID 6508
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -63.72 °
Southmost Latitude -64.88 °
Eastmost Longitude 357.28 °
Westmost Longitude 354.62 °
Diameter 68.5137 km
Center Latitude -64.30 °
Center Longitude 355.93 °
Northmost Latitude -63.72 °
Southmost Latitude -64.88 °
Eastmost Longitude 2.72 °
Westmost Longitude 5.38 °
Diameter 68.5137 km
Center Latitude -64.30 °
Center Longitude 4.07 °
Northmost Latitude -63.63 °
Southmost Latitude -64.84 °
Eastmost Longitude 357.30 °
Westmost Longitude 354.40 °
Diameter 76.80 km
Center Latitude -64.34 °
Center Longitude 356.00 °
Northmost Latitude -63.63 °
Southmost Latitude -64.84 °
Eastmost Longitude 2.70 °
Westmost Longitude 5.60 °
Diameter 76.80 km
Center Latitude -64.34 °
Center Longitude 4.00 °
Quad mc26 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Alfred L.; German geophysicist (1880-1930).
Reference [68] - World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus: Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968: New York, 1973.
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:59 AM

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