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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Dollfus
Clean Name Dollfus
Feature ID 15168
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -18.50 °
Southmost Latitude -24.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 359.03 °
Westmost Longitude 352.24 °
Diameter 363.08 km
Center Latitude -21.59 °
Center Longitude 355.74 °
Northmost Latitude -18.50 °
Southmost Latitude -24.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 0.97 °
Westmost Longitude 7.76 °
Diameter 363.08 km
Center Latitude -21.59 °
Center Longitude 4.26 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Oct 22, 2013
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Audouin Charles; French astronomer (1924-2010).
Reference [310] - Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vol. 104, No. 6, p. 251, December 2010.
Updated Oct 22, 2013 12:53 PM

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