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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Catena Michelson (GIRD)
Clean Name Catena Michelson GIRD
Feature ID 1068
Target Moon
Feature Type Catena, catenae

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 4.83 °
Southmost Latitude -5.54 °
Eastmost Longitude -108.17 °
Westmost Longitude -118.82 °
Diameter 450.60 km
Center Latitude -0.44 °
Center Longitude -113.58 °
Northmost Latitude 5.30 °
Southmost Latitude -5.50 °
Eastmost Longitude -107.30 °
Westmost Longitude -118.20 °
Diameter 456.00 km
Center Latitude 1.40 °
Center Longitude -113.40 °
Northmost Latitude 4.83 °
Southmost Latitude -5.54 °
Eastmost Longitude -108.17 °
Westmost Longitude -118.82 °
Diameter 450.60 km
Center Latitude -0.44 °
Center Longitude -113.58 °
Quad LAC-89 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Named from nearby crater; GIRD=Group for the Study of Reaction Motion.
Reference -
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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