Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Einstein on Moon

Einstein

Feature Name Einstein
Clean Name Einstein
Feature ID 1745
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters
Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude 19.60 °
Southernmost Latitude 13.61 °
Easternmost Longitude -85.54 °
Westernmost Longitude -91.77 °
Diameter 181.47 km
Center Latitude 16.60 °
Center Longitude -88.65 °
Northernmost Latitude 19.45 °
Southernmost Latitude 13.46 °
Easternmost Longitude -85.32 °
Westernmost Longitude -91.56 °
Diameter 181.47 km
Center Latitude 16.46 °
Center Longitude -88.44 °
Northernmost Latitude 16.50 °
Southernmost Latitude 16.20 °
Easternmost Longitude -85.30 °
Westernmost Longitude -92.10 °
Diameter 198.00 km
Center Latitude 16.30 °
Center Longitude -88.70 °
Continent North America
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country
American
Quad LAC-37 [pdf]
Reference [67] - The System of Lunar Craters, Quadrants I, II, III, IV: by D. W. G. Arthur and others: Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, vol. 2, no. 30, 1963: vol. 3, no. 40, 1964: vol. 3, no. 50, 1965: vol. 5, no. 70, 1966.
Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1964
Origin Albert; German-American physicist; Nobel laureate (1879-1955).
Last Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Einstein R
Einstein S
Einstein A

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