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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Dokuchaev
Clean Name Dokuchaev
Feature ID 1565
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -60.01 °
Southmost Latitude -61.32 °
Eastmost Longitude 234.20 °
Westmost Longitude 231.40 °
Diameter 78.00 km
Center Latitude -60.71 °
Center Longitude 232.80 °
Northmost Latitude -60.01 °
Southmost Latitude -61.32 °
Eastmost Longitude 125.80 °
Westmost Longitude 128.60 °
Diameter 78.00 km
Center Latitude -60.71 °
Center Longitude 127.20 °
Northmost Latitude -59.99 °
Southmost Latitude -61.26 °
Eastmost Longitude 234.21 °
Westmost Longitude 231.64 °
Diameter 74.74 km
Center Latitude -60.62 °
Center Longitude 232.92 °
Northmost Latitude -59.99 °
Southmost Latitude -61.26 °
Eastmost Longitude 125.79 °
Westmost Longitude 128.36 °
Diameter 74.74 km
Center Latitude -60.62 °
Center Longitude 127.08 °
Quad mc24 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Russia
Origin Vasily Vasil'evich; Russian soil scientist; founded modern genetical soil science (1840-1903).
Reference [58] - Letter from M. Ya. Marov to Harold Masursky, March 19, 1979.
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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