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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ameghino
Clean Name Ameghino
Feature ID 223
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 3.45 °
Southmost Latitude 3.15 °
Eastmost Longitude 57.19 °
Westmost Longitude 56.89 °
Diameter 9.20 km
Center Latitude 3.30 °
Center Longitude 57.04 °
Northmost Latitude 3.44 °
Southmost Latitude 3.14 °
Eastmost Longitude 57.19 °
Westmost Longitude 56.88 °
Diameter 9.20 km
Center Latitude 3.29 °
Center Longitude 57.03 °
Northmost Latitude 3.30 °
Southmost Latitude 3.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 57.00 °
Westmost Longitude 57.00 °
Diameter 9.00 km
Center Latitude 3.30 °
Center Longitude 57.00 °
Quad LAC-62 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent South and Central America
Ethnicity Argentina
Origin Fiorino (or Florentino); Argentine paleontologist and anthropologist (1854-1911).
Reference [68] - World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus: Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968: New York, 1973.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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