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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Forro
Clean Name Forro
Feature ID 16373
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -48.85 °
Southmost Latitude -49.35 °
Eastmost Longitude 34.45 °
Westmost Longitude 33.17 °
Diameter 54.00 km
Center Latitude -48.89 °
Center Longitude 33.82 °
Northmost Latitude -48.85 °
Southmost Latitude -49.35 °
Eastmost Longitude 325.55 °
Westmost Longitude 326.83 °
Diameter 54.00 km
Center Latitude -48.89 °
Center Longitude 326.18 °
Quad mc27 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 03, 2025
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Madeleine Barbothy; Hungarian-American specialist on cosmic rays (1904-1995).
Reference [847] - Obituary, Madeleine Barnothy Forro (1904-1995), by Ervin J. Fenyves and Antal Somogyi: Bulletin of the AAS, December 1995. https://baas.aas.org/pub/madeleine-barnothy-forro-1904-1995/release/2
Updated Feb 03, 2025 5:47 PM

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