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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name von Baeyer
Clean Name von Baeyer
Feature ID 14540
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -81.58 °
Southmost Latitude -82.02 °
Eastmost Longitude 63.43 °
Westmost Longitude 60.32 °
Diameter 13.46 km
Center Latitude -81.80 °
Center Longitude 61.87 °
Northmost Latitude -81.59 °
Southmost Latitude -82.03 °
Eastmost Longitude 63.33 °
Westmost Longitude 60.21 °
Diameter 13.46 km
Center Latitude -81.81 °
Center Longitude 61.77 °
Northmost Latitude -81.64 °
Southmost Latitude -81.64 °
Eastmost Longitude 61.34 °
Westmost Longitude 61.34 °
Diameter 13.80 km
Center Latitude -81.64 °
Center Longitude 61.34 °
Quad LAC-144 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 22, 2009
Continent Europe
Culture Germany
Origin Adolf Johann Friedrich Wilhelm; German chemist, Nobel Prize winner 1905 (1835-1917).
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

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