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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Popov W
Clean Name Popov W
Feature ID 12280
Target Moon
Feature Type Satellite Feature

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 19.46 °
Southmost Latitude 18.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 98.52 °
Westmost Longitude 97.61 °
Diameter 26.30 km
Center Latitude 19.07 °
Center Longitude 98.06 °
Northmost Latitude 19.46 °
Southmost Latitude 18.64 °
Eastmost Longitude 98.40 °
Westmost Longitude 97.53 °
Diameter 24.95 km
Center Latitude 19.05 °
Center Longitude 97.97 °
Northmost Latitude 19.10 °
Southmost Latitude 19.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 97.80 °
Westmost Longitude 97.80 °
Diameter 25.00 km
Center Latitude 19.10 °
Center Longitude 97.80 °
Quad LAC-46 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Russia
Origin Aleksandr Stepanovich; Russian physicist, engineer (1859-1905); C.; Bulgarian astronomer (1880-1966).
Reference [89] - Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Parent Feature Popov

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