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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Melosh
Clean Name Melosh
Feature ID 16345
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 3.27 °
Southmost Latitude 1.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 344.80 °
Westmost Longitude 343.26 °
Diameter 98.00 km
Center Latitude 2.44 °
Center Longitude 344.03 °
Northmost Latitude 3.27 °
Southmost Latitude 1.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 15.20 °
Westmost Longitude 16.74 °
Diameter 98.00 km
Center Latitude 2.44 °
Center Longitude 15.97 °
Quad mc11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Oct 23, 2024
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin H. Jay; American geophysicist specializing in impact cratering (1947-2020).
Reference [823] - H. J. Melosh, Obituary, by William B. MacKinnon and Erik Asphaug: Nature Astronomy, volume 4, p. 1118-1119, 2020. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-01272-1#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20giants%20of%20planetary
Updated Oct 23, 2024 8:07 PM

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