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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Elliot
Clean Name Elliot
Feature ID 15681
Target Pluto
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 14.28 °
Southmost Latitude 9.75 °
Eastmost Longitude 141.18 °
Westmost Longitude 136.57 °
Diameter 96.00 km
Center Latitude 12.04 °
Center Longitude 138.86 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 08, 2017
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin James; American astronomer, discoverer of the atmosphere of Pluto (1943–2011).
Reference [439] - New York Times obituary, by Jascha Hoffman, published March 10, 2011 (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/us/11elliot.html).
Updated Sep 11, 2017 1:16 PM

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