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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Hermite
Clean Name Hermite
Feature ID 2471
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 87.96 °
Southmost Latitude 84.37 °
Eastmost Longitude -65.44 °
Westmost Longitude -121.19 °
Diameter 108.64 km
Center Latitude 86.17 °
Center Longitude -93.32 °
Northmost Latitude 87.83 °
Southmost Latitude 84.37 °
Eastmost Longitude -65.23 °
Westmost Longitude -117.77 °
Diameter 104.64 km
Center Latitude 86.08 °
Center Longitude -91.31 °
Northmost Latitude 86.10 °
Southmost Latitude 85.90 °
Eastmost Longitude -65.60 °
Westmost Longitude -114.10 °
Diameter 104.00 km
Center Latitude 86.00 °
Center Longitude -89.90 °
Quad LAC-1 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1964
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Charles; French mathematician (1822-1901).
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.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Hermite A

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