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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Bower
Clean Name Bower
Feature ID 16342
Target Pluto
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Pluto
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 46.96 °
Southmost Latitude 43.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 235.73 °
Westmost Longitude 231.05 °
Diameter 72.00 km
Center Latitude 45.36 °
Center Longitude 233.39 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 11, 2024
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Ernest Clare; American astronomer who calculated one of the first independent orbits of Pluto, shortly after that planet’s 1930 discovery by Lowell Observatory’s Clyde Tombaugh (1890-1964).
Reference [820] - Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, Thomas Hockey et al., Editors: SpringerLink Publishing, New York, 2014.
Updated Sep 11, 2024 6:49 PM

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