Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Meshcherskiy
Clean Name Meshcherskiy
Feature ID 3866
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 13.19 °
Southmost Latitude 11.02 °
Eastmost Longitude 126.64 °
Westmost Longitude 124.41 °
Diameter 65.94 km
Center Latitude 12.11 °
Center Longitude 125.53 °
Quad LAC-65 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Russia
Origin Ivan Vsevolodovich; Russian mathematician (1859-1935).
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) Meshcherskiy K
Meshcherskiy X

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