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

Huygens

Feature Name Huygens
Clean Name Huygens
Feature ID 2596
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude -9.88 °
Southernmost Latitude -17.80 °
Easternmost Longitude 59.60 °
Westernmost Longitude 51.40 °
Diameter 470.00 km
Center Latitude -14.14 °
Center Longitude 55.40 °
Northernmost Latitude -9.88 °
Southernmost Latitude -17.80 °
Easternmost Longitude 300.40 °
Westernmost Longitude 308.60 °
Diameter 470.00 km
Center Latitude -14.14 °
Center Longitude 304.60 °
Northernmost Latitude -9.94 °
Southernmost Latitude -17.82 °
Easternmost Longitude 59.64 °
Westernmost Longitude 51.52 °
Diameter 467.25 km
Center Latitude -13.88 °
Center Longitude 55.58 °
Northernmost Latitude -9.94 °
Southernmost Latitude -17.82 °
Easternmost Longitude 300.36 °
Westernmost Longitude 308.48 °
Diameter 467.25 km
Center Latitude -13.88 °
Center Longitude 304.42 °
Continent Europe
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country
The Netherlands (Dutch)
Quad mc21 [pdf]
Reference [68] - World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus: Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968: New York, 1973.
Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Origin Christiaan; Dutch physicist-astronomer (1629-1695).
Last Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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