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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Varahamihira
Clean Name Varahamihira
Feature ID 16116
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 15.87 °
Southmost Latitude 14.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 338.38 °
Westmost Longitude 337.33 °
Diameter 61.00 km
Center Latitude 15.34 °
Center Longitude 337.86 °
Northmost Latitude 15.87 °
Southmost Latitude 14.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 21.62 °
Westmost Longitude 22.67 °
Diameter 61.00 km
Center Latitude 15.34 °
Center Longitude 22.14 °
Quad mc11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 16, 2022
Continent Asia
Ethnicity India
Origin Indian mathematician and astronomer (505-587).
Reference [661] - Brihat Jataka of Varahamihira, with an English translation and notes, by V. Subrahmanya Sastri, Printed by V. B. Soobbiah, Bangalore City, 1947.
Updated Dec 16, 2022 9:42 PM

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