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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nikolaev G
Clean Name Nikolaev G
Feature ID 11637
Target Moon
Feature Type Satellite Feature

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 34.69 °
Southmost Latitude 34.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 154.62 °
Westmost Longitude 153.76 °
Diameter 21.53 km
Center Latitude 34.38 °
Center Longitude 154.19 °
Northmost Latitude 34.72 °
Southmost Latitude 34.05 °
Eastmost Longitude 154.51 °
Westmost Longitude 153.70 °
Diameter 20.34 km
Center Latitude 34.39 °
Center Longitude 154.10 °
Northmost Latitude 34.50 °
Southmost Latitude 34.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 154.20 °
Westmost Longitude 154.20 °
Diameter 20.00 km
Center Latitude 34.50 °
Center Longitude 154.20 °
Quad LAC-32 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Soviet
Origin Andriyan Grigoryevich; Soviet cosmonaut (1929-2004).
Reference [64] - Large Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 30 volumes: Sov. Entsikl., Moscow, 1969-1978 (in Russian).
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Parent Feature Nikolaev

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