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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nansen D
Clean Name Nansen D
Feature ID 11533
Target Moon
Feature Type Satellite Feature

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 84.23 °
Southmost Latitude 83.52 °
Eastmost Longitude 69.16 °
Westmost Longitude 62.46 °
Diameter 21.66 km
Center Latitude 83.88 °
Center Longitude 65.81 °
Northmost Latitude 84.14 °
Southmost Latitude 83.54 °
Eastmost Longitude 68.75 °
Westmost Longitude 63.14 °
Diameter 18.25 km
Center Latitude 83.84 °
Center Longitude 66.01 °
Northmost Latitude 83.80 °
Southmost Latitude 83.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 64.00 °
Westmost Longitude 64.00 °
Diameter 21.00 km
Center Latitude 83.80 °
Center Longitude 64.00 °
Quad LAC-1 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Norway
Origin Fridtjof; Norwegian explorer (1861-1930).
Reference [67] - The System of Lunar Craters, Quadrants I, II, III, IV: by D. W. G. Arthur and others: Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, vol. 2, no. 30, 1963: vol. 3, no. 40, 1964: vol. 3, no. 50, 1965: vol. 5, no. 70, 1966.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Parent Feature Nansen

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