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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Hinshelwood
Clean Name Hinshelwood
Feature ID 14565
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 89.64 °
Southmost Latitude 89.20 °
Eastmost Longitude -31.01 °
Westmost Longitude -75.65 °
Diameter 13.35 km
Center Latitude 89.41 °
Center Longitude -51.89 °
Northmost Latitude 89.63 °
Southmost Latitude 89.19 °
Eastmost Longitude -32.21 °
Westmost Longitude -76.37 °
Diameter 13.35 km
Center Latitude 89.40 °
Center Longitude -52.11 °
Northmost Latitude 89.36 °
Southmost Latitude 89.36 °
Eastmost Longitude -46.37 °
Westmost Longitude -46.37 °
Diameter 14.20 km
Center Latitude 89.36 °
Center Longitude -46.37 °
Quad LAC-1 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 17, 2009
Continent Europe
Culture England
Origin Sir Cyril Norman; English chemist, Nobel Prize winner 1956 (1897-1967).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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