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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Lowbury
Clean Name Lowbury
Feature ID 3492
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 42.56 °
Southmost Latitude 42.27 °
Eastmost Longitude 267.28 °
Westmost Longitude 266.89 °
Diameter 17.18 km
Center Latitude 42.41 °
Center Longitude 267.08 °
Northmost Latitude 42.56 °
Southmost Latitude 42.27 °
Eastmost Longitude 92.72 °
Westmost Longitude 93.11 °
Diameter 17.18 km
Center Latitude 42.41 °
Center Longitude 92.92 °
Northmost Latitude 42.56 °
Southmost Latitude 42.26 °
Eastmost Longitude 267.20 °
Westmost Longitude 266.80 °
Diameter 17.90 km
Center Latitude 42.36 °
Center Longitude 266.90 °
Northmost Latitude 42.56 °
Southmost Latitude 42.26 °
Eastmost Longitude 92.80 °
Westmost Longitude 93.20 °
Diameter 17.90 km
Center Latitude 42.36 °
Center Longitude 93.10 °
Quad mc03 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent Oceania
Ethnicity New Zealand
Origin Named for a town in New Zealand, probably Lowburn incorrectly recorded as Lowbury.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 14, 2016 1:12 PM
Additional Information Origin changed from "Town in New Zealand" on 11/14/2016.

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