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Planetary Names: Satellite Feature: Virtanen F on Moon

Virtanen F

Feature Name Virtanen F
Clean Name Virtanen F
Feature ID 15570
Target Moon
Feature Type Satellite Feature
Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Control Network LOLA 2011
Northernmost Latitude 15.98 °
Southernmost Latitude 15.60 °
Easternmost Longitude 177.52 °
Westernmost Longitude 177.12 °
Diameter 11.60 km
Center Latitude 15.79 °
Center Longitude 177.32 °
Continent Europe
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country		 Finland
Quad LAC-68 [pdf]
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date May 02, 2017
Origin Artturi Ilmari; Finnish agricultural biochemist; Nobel laureate (1895-1973).
Last Updated May 02, 2017 9:50 AM

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