Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Kostinskiy
Clean Name Kostinskiy
Feature ID 3096
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 15.55 °
Southmost Latitude 13.31 °
Eastmost Longitude 120.01 °
Westmost Longitude 117.70 °
Diameter 67.91 km
Center Latitude 14.43 °
Center Longitude 118.85 °
Quad LAC-65 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Soviet
Origin Sergey Konstantinovich; Soviet astronomer (1867-1936).
Reference [89] - Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Kostinskiy B
Kostinskiy D
Kostinskiy E
Kostinskiy W

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