Planetary Names

Basic Info

Feature Name	Gruithuisen G
Clean Name	Gruithuisen G
Feature ID	9587
Target	Moon
Feature Type	Satellite Feature

Location

Control Network

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude	36.67 °
Southmost Latitude	36.51 °
Eastmost Longitude	-43.89 °
Westmost Longitude	-44.14 °
Diameter	6.01 km
Center Latitude	36.59 °
Center Longitude	-44.01 °
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Northmost Latitude	36.67 °
Southmost Latitude	36.50 °
Eastmost Longitude	-43.89 °
Westmost Longitude	-44.14 °
Diameter	6.08 km
Center Latitude	36.59 °
Center Longitude	-44.02 °
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Northmost Latitude	36.60 °
Southmost Latitude	36.60 °
Eastmost Longitude	-43.90 °
Westmost Longitude	-43.90 °
Diameter	6.00 km
Center Latitude	36.60 °
Center Longitude	-43.90 °
WKT String	POINT (316.1 36.6)
Quad	LAC-23 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	2006
Continent	Europe
Ethnicity	Germany
Origin	Franz von; German astronomer (1774-1852).
Reference	[68] - World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus: Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968: New York, 1973.
Updated	Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Parent Feature	Gruithuisen

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Basic Info

Location

Status and Origin

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