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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Edgeworth
Clean Name Edgeworth
Feature ID 15960
Target Pluto
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Pluto
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 10.43 °
Southmost Latitude 3.28 °
Eastmost Longitude 113.12 °
Westmost Longitude 105.72 °
Diameter 149.00 km
Center Latitude 6.86 °
Center Longitude 109.42 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 03, 2021
Continent Europe
Culture Ireland
Origin Kenneth; Irish astronomer, the first to propose the existence of a disk of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune, now known as the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt (1880-1972).
Reference [600] - https://www.britannica.com/place/Kuiper-belt
Updated Feb 09, 2021 5:46 PM

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