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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Sharaf Regio
Clean Name Sharaf Regio
Feature ID 16341
Target Pluto
Feature Type Regio, regiones

Location


Pluto
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -6.00 °
Southmost Latitude -19.12 °
Eastmost Longitude 245.85 °
Westmost Longitude 231.05 °
Diameter 360.00 km
Center Latitude -11.38 °
Center Longitude 238.67 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 11, 2024
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Soviet
Origin Shafika Gil’mievna; Soviet astronomer of Tatar origin, celestial mechanics expert who developed an analytical theory for Pluto’s motion and derived new orbital elements (1915-2002).
Reference [819] - Theory of Motion of the Planet Pluto, by Shafika G. Sharaf: USSR Academy of Sciences Press, Moscow-Leningrad, 1955. https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/zGTxAAAAMAAJ
Updated Sep 11, 2024 5:54 PM

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