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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Helmholtz
Clean Name Helmholtz
Feature ID 2439
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -44.46 °
Southmost Latitude -46.34 °
Eastmost Longitude 340.07 °
Westmost Longitude 337.40 °
Diameter 111.26 km
Center Latitude -45.40 °
Center Longitude 338.73 °
Northmost Latitude -44.46 °
Southmost Latitude -46.34 °
Eastmost Longitude 19.93 °
Westmost Longitude 22.60 °
Diameter 111.26 km
Center Latitude -45.40 °
Center Longitude 21.27 °
Northmost Latitude -44.46 °
Southmost Latitude -46.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 339.90 °
Westmost Longitude 337.40 °
Diameter 111.50 km
Center Latitude -45.46 °
Center Longitude 338.70 °
Northmost Latitude -44.46 °
Southmost Latitude -46.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 20.10 °
Westmost Longitude 22.60 °
Diameter 111.50 km
Center Latitude -45.46 °
Center Longitude 21.30 °
Quad mc26 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Hermann von; German physicist (1821-1894).
Reference [68] - World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus: Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968: New York, 1973.
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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