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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Farinella
Clean Name Farinella
Feature ID 16343
Target Pluto
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Pluto
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 51.40 °
Southmost Latitude 50.33 °
Eastmost Longitude 179.97 °
Westmost Longitude 178.50 °
Diameter 20.00 km
Center Latitude 50.87 °
Center Longitude 179.24 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 11, 2024
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Italy
Origin Paolo; Italian planetary scientist who conducted critical investigations of the formation and collisional evolution of small bodies, satellites, and space debris, including Kuiper Belt objects (1953-2000).
Reference [821] - Memorial, Paolo Farinella (1953-2000), in Meteoritics & Planetary Science 35, 1397 (2000): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2000.tb01524.x
Updated Sep 11, 2024 6:58 PM

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