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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Giclas
Clean Name Giclas
Feature ID 16367
Target Pluto
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 40.94 °
Southmost Latitude 38.63 °
Eastmost Longitude 203.27 °
Westmost Longitude 200.37 °
Diameter 49.00 km
Center Latitude 39.79 °
Center Longitude 201.82 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 08, 2025
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Henry L.; astronomer at Lowell Observatory, who obtained early photographic plates that remain critical to determination of Pluto’s orbit (1910-2007).
Reference [844] - Henry L. Giclas (1910–2007), obituary by Joseph S. Tenn: in Bulletin of the AAS, Volume 44, issue 1: https://baas.aas.org/pub/henry-l-giclas-1910-2007/release/1
Updated Jan 08, 2025 6:56 PM

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