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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Korolev
Clean Name Korolev
Feature ID 3091
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 73.45 °
Southmost Latitude 72.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 166.90 °
Westmost Longitude 162.27 °
Diameter 81.37 km
Center Latitude 72.77 °
Center Longitude 164.58 °
Northmost Latitude 73.45 °
Southmost Latitude 72.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 193.10 °
Westmost Longitude 197.73 °
Diameter 81.37 km
Center Latitude 72.77 °
Center Longitude 195.42 °
Northmost Latitude 73.42 °
Southmost Latitude 72.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 166.80 °
Westmost Longitude 162.40 °
Diameter 84.20 km
Center Latitude 72.81 °
Center Longitude 164.50 °
Northmost Latitude 73.42 °
Southmost Latitude 72.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 193.20 °
Westmost Longitude 197.60 °
Diameter 84.20 km
Center Latitude 72.81 °
Center Longitude 195.50 °
Quad mc01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Russia
Origin Sergey Pavlovich; Russian engineer (1906-1966).
Reference [89] - Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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