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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
Feature Information

Moon: Neper

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Direction of Increasing Longitude: east
Longitude Range: -180.0° to 180.0°

Feature Name Neper Search for maps that cover Neper in the Planetary Map Index
Latitude 8.5°
Longitude 84.6°
Starting Latitude 8.5°
Starting Longitude 86.7°
Ending Latitude 8.6°
Ending Longitude 82.5°
Diameter 137 KM
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Scotland
Map
Quadrangle LTO63B4
Approval Status 5: Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Reference Named Lunar Formations, by Mary A. Blagg and K. Müller; Percy Lund, Humphries and Co. Ltd., London, 1935.
Origin John; Scottish mathematician (1550-1617).

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