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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Floss
Clean Name Floss
Feature ID 16251
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


LOLA 2011
Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -84.13 °
Southmost Latitude -84.42 °
Eastmost Longitude 43.65 °
Westmost Longitude 40.83 °
Diameter 9.00 km
Center Latitude -84.28 °
Center Longitude 42.27 °
Quad LAC-144 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 02, 2023
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Christine; American cosmochemist (1961-2018).
Reference [764] - LPI In Memoriam: Christine Floss (1961-2018): https://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/new/christine-floss-1961-2018/
Updated Aug 02, 2023 8:00 PM

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