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

Janssen

Feature Name Janssen
Clean Name Janssen
Feature ID 2801
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude 3.95 °
Southernmost Latitude 1.38 °
Easternmost Longitude 38.90 °
Westernmost Longitude 36.30 °
Diameter 158.00 km
Center Latitude 2.67 °
Center Longitude 37.50 °
Northernmost Latitude 3.95 °
Southernmost Latitude 1.38 °
Easternmost Longitude 321.10 °
Westernmost Longitude 323.70 °
Diameter 158.00 km
Center Latitude 2.67 °
Center Longitude 322.50 °
Northernmost Latitude 3.99 °
Southernmost Latitude 1.40 °
Easternmost Longitude 38.91 °
Westernmost Longitude 36.31 °
Diameter 153.63 km
Center Latitude 2.69 °
Center Longitude 37.61 °
Northernmost Latitude 3.99 °
Southernmost Latitude 1.40 °
Easternmost Longitude 321.09 °
Westernmost Longitude 323.69 °
Diameter 153.63 km
Center Latitude 2.69 °
Center Longitude 322.39 °
Continent Europe
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country
France
Quad mc12 [pdf]
Reference [89] - Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.
Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Origin Pierre Jules César; French astronomer (1824-1907).
Last Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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