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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name [Lenard]
Clean Name Lenard
Feature ID 14503
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 85.98 °
Southmost Latitude 84.40 °
Eastmost Longitude -100.28 °
Westmost Longitude -119.11 °
Diameter 47.65 km
Center Latitude 85.19 °
Center Longitude -109.69 °
Northmost Latitude 85.91 °
Southmost Latitude 84.42 °
Eastmost Longitude -100.72 °
Westmost Longitude -118.50 °
Diameter 45.24 km
Center Latitude 85.17 °
Center Longitude -109.32 °
Northmost Latitude 86.00 °
Southmost Latitude 84.50 °
Eastmost Longitude -95.00 °
Westmost Longitude -115.00 °
Diameter 48.00 km
Center Latitude 85.20 °
Center Longitude -105.00 °
Quad LAC-1 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Dropped, disallowed
Approval Date Oct 30, 2008
Continent Europe
Culture Germany
Origin Philipp Edward Anton; German physicist, 1905 Nobel Prize winner for physics (1862-1947).
Reference [68] - World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus: Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968: New York, 1973.
Updated Aug 12, 2020 6:40 PM
Additional Information Name dropped on August 12, 2020.

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