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

Alpetragius

Feature Name Alpetragius
Clean Name Alpetragius
Feature ID 202
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters
Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude -15.39 °
Southernmost Latitude -16.71 °
Easternmost Longitude -3.82 °
Westernmost Longitude -5.20 °
Diameter 40.02 km
Center Latitude -16.05 °
Center Longitude -4.51 °
Northernmost Latitude -15.39 °
Southernmost Latitude -16.71 °
Easternmost Longitude -3.86 °
Westernmost Longitude -5.24 °
Diameter 40.02 km
Center Latitude -16.05 °
Center Longitude -4.55 °
Northernmost Latitude -16.00 °
Southernmost Latitude -16.00 °
Easternmost Longitude -4.50 °
Westernmost Longitude -4.50 °
Diameter 39.00 km
Center Latitude -16.00 °
Center Longitude -4.50 °
Continent Africa
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country		 Morocco
Quad LAC-95 [pdf]
Reference [89] - Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.
Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Origin Al-Bitrūjī Al-Ishbīlī, Abū Ishāq; Spanish astronomer (unkn-c. 1100).
Last Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Alpetragius B
Alpetragius J
Alpetragius C
Alpetragius G
Alpetragius H
Alpetragius M
Alpetragius N
Alpetragius U
Alpetragius V
Alpetragius W
Alpetragius X

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