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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Townsend
Clean Name Townsend
Feature ID 16383
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -51.23 °
Southmost Latitude -52.45 °
Eastmost Longitude 22.50 °
Westmost Longitude 19.99 °
Diameter 92.00 km
Center Latitude -51.88 °
Center Longitude 21.03 °
Northmost Latitude -51.23 °
Southmost Latitude -52.45 °
Eastmost Longitude 337.50 °
Westmost Longitude 340.01 °
Diameter 92.00 km
Center Latitude -51.88 °
Center Longitude 338.97 °
Quad mc27 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 03, 2025
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Marjorie; American electrical engineer and the first woman to manage a spacecraft launch for NASA (1930-2015).
Reference [853] - American Women of Science Since 1900, by Tiffany K. Wayne: Bloomsbury Academic p. 925, 2011.
Updated Feb 04, 2025 8:47 PM

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