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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Coughlin
Clean Name Coughlin
Feature ID 15867
Target Pluto
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Pluto
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 16.28 °
Southmost Latitude 14.19 °
Eastmost Longitude 151.61 °
Westmost Longitude 149.46 °
Diameter 45.00 km
Center Latitude 15.24 °
Center Longitude 150.54 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 03, 2020
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Thomas Boyd; American mechanical/space engineer, first project manager of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt (1941–2014).
Reference [550] - Stern, Alan, and Grinspoon, David. Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto. Picador, 2018.
Updated Jan 03, 2020 11:58 AM

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