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Planetary Names: Sinus, sinūs: Sinus Viscositatis on Moon

Sinus Viscositatis

Feature Name	Sinus Viscositatis
Clean Name	Sinus Viscositatis
Feature ID	16118
Target	Moon
Feature Type	Sinus, sinūs
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Control Network	LOLA 2011
Northernmost Latitude	36.24 °
Southernmost Latitude	34.26 °
Easternmost Longitude	39.62 °
Westernmost Longitude	42.36 °
Diameter	68.00 km
Center Latitude	35.25 °
Center Longitude	-40.99 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((317.6246900051843 35.42005699783715, 318.0002353460679 34.83757850993595, 318.9735875561134 34.27042840329517, 319.3261403251063 34.25893211734979, 319.4027822314092 34.34323821428285, 319.5598981393298 34.38922335806456, 319.6940214753598 34.37006288148888, 319.7131819519354 34.5348429800398, 319.6786930940991 34.6804626020151, 319.782159667608 34.89889203497813, 319.9009546223772 35.01385489443231, 320.004421195886 35.1786349929834, 320.2803320585761 35.30509413838297, 320.3761344414547 35.51585938071565, 320.360806060194 35.70363205115746, 320.1829968375716 35.78257321464935, 320.1290409355344 35.89048501872378, 319.9132173273857 35.99839682279799, 319.6973937192371 35.99594428179643, 319.5845768331593 35.9934917407947, 319.4644023240765 35.98368157678783, 319.4227091270479 36.06216288884195, 319.4496870780665 36.16026452890952, 319.4104464220394 36.20441026693999, 319.2731041259448 36.17988485692302, 319.1259516658434 36.17007469291633, 318.9935144517522 36.24119838196538, 318.8856026476778 36.21422043094663, 318.7507128925849 36.25100854597201, 318.655063793519 36.18969502092983, 318.5618672354548 36.12102387288257, 318.5226265794278 36.05971034784017, 318.4515028903788 35.95179854376596, 318.3558537913129 35.90520026473376, 318.292087725269 35.75069018162748, 318.2033363977704 35.71129624178764, 317.9504181069711 35.51969147603086, 317.8124626756261 35.44688166504307, 317.6246900051843 35.42005699783715)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Latin
Quad	LAC-23 [pdf]
Reference	[664] - Guy Consolmagno, personal communication, 2022.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Dec 30, 2022
Origin	"Bay of Stickiness."
Last Updated	Jan 04, 2023 4:32 PM

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