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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Wiechert
Clean Name Wiechert
Feature ID 6541
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -83.36 °
Southmost Latitude -84.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 170.96 °
Westmost Longitude 157.97 °
Diameter 40.8230 km
Center Latitude -84.03 °
Center Longitude 164.70 °
Northmost Latitude -84.50 °
Southmost Latitude -84.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 165.00 °
Westmost Longitude 165.00 °
Diameter 41.00 km
Center Latitude -84.50 °
Center Longitude 165.00 °
Northmost Latitude -83.37 °
Southmost Latitude -84.72 °
Eastmost Longitude 170.88 °
Westmost Longitude 157.87 °
Diameter 40.8230 km
Center Latitude -84.04 °
Center Longitude 164.61 °
Quad LAC-144 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Emil Johann; German geophysicist (1861-1928).
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) Wiechert A
Wiechert E
Wiechert J
Wiechert P
Wiechert U

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