Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Öpik

Basic Info

Feature Name Öpik
Clean Name Opik
Feature ID 14865
Target Phobos
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -2.00 °
Southmost Latitude -12.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 292.00 °
Westmost Longitude 302.00 °
Diameter 2.00 km
Center Latitude -7.00 °
Center Longitude 297.00 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jul 28, 2011
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Estonia
Origin Ernst J., Estonian astronomer (1893-1985).
Reference [253] - News and Comments: Phobos, Nature of Acceleration, by E.J. Öpik: Irish Astronomical Journal, 6: 40, March, 1963.
Updated Jul 28, 2011 8:08 AM