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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ramanathan
Clean Name Ramanathan
Feature ID 16039
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 28.77 °
Southmost Latitude 27.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 28.78 °
Westmost Longitude 27.07 °
Diameter 89.00 km
Center Latitude 28.09 °
Center Longitude 27.90 °
Northmost Latitude 28.77 °
Southmost Latitude 27.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 331.22 °
Westmost Longitude 332.93 °
Diameter 89.00 km
Center Latitude 28.09 °
Center Longitude 332.10 °
Quad mc12 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 08, 2022
Continent Asia
Ethnicity India
Origin Kalpathy Ramakrishna; Indian physicist and meteorologist (1893-1984).
Reference [630] - Kalpathy Ramakrishna Ramanathan: 1893-1984, by P. R. Pisharoty, in Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy, v. 13, p. 35-47, 1984.
Updated Mar 18, 2022 6:20 PM

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