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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Gibson
Clean Name Gibson
Feature ID 16366
Target Pluto
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 49.65 °
Southmost Latitude 48.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 139.06 °
Westmost Longitude 137.68 °
Diameter 19.00 km
Center Latitude 49.17 °
Center Longitude 138.38 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 08, 2025
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin William C.; Original Science Payload Manager of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt (1945-2017).
Reference [843] - Gibson Awarded NASA Public Service Medal, Goddard Spaceflight Center Report: https://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/report/other/gibson_award.html In Remembrance, Bill Gibson: The Roadrunner, Newsletter of the Southwest Research Institute, November 2017.
Updated Jan 08, 2025 6:51 PM

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