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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Huygens
Clean Name Huygens
Feature ID 2596
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -9.88 °
Southmost Latitude -17.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 59.60 °
Westmost Longitude 51.40 °
Diameter 470.00 km
Center Latitude -14.14 °
Center Longitude 55.40 °
Northmost Latitude -9.88 °
Southmost Latitude -17.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 300.40 °
Westmost Longitude 308.60 °
Diameter 470.00 km
Center Latitude -14.14 °
Center Longitude 304.60 °
Northmost Latitude -9.94 °
Southmost Latitude -17.82 °
Eastmost Longitude 59.64 °
Westmost Longitude 51.52 °
Diameter 467.25 km
Center Latitude -13.88 °
Center Longitude 55.58 °
Northmost Latitude -9.94 °
Southmost Latitude -17.82 °
Eastmost Longitude 300.36 °
Westmost Longitude 308.48 °
Diameter 467.25 km
Center Latitude -13.88 °
Center Longitude 304.42 °
Quad mc21 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity The Netherlands (Dutch)
Origin Christiaan; Dutch physicist-astronomer (1629-1695).
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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