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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Minnaert
Clean Name Minnaert
Feature ID 3914
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -65.46 °
Southmost Latitude -69.04 °
Eastmost Longitude -176.56 °
Westmost Longitude 174.11 °
Diameter 111.00 km
Center Latitude -67.37 °
Center Longitude 179.10 °
Northmost Latitude -65.33 °
Southmost Latitude -69.74 °
Eastmost Longitude -176.55 °
Westmost Longitude 173.54 °
Diameter 137.31 km
Center Latitude -67.54 °
Center Longitude 178.57 °
Northmost Latitude -65.80 °
Southmost Latitude -69.80 °
Eastmost Longitude -179.10 °
Westmost Longitude 178.30 °
Diameter 125.00 km
Center Latitude -67.80 °
Center Longitude 179.60 °
Quad LAC-141 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Culture The Netherlands (Dutch)
Origin Marcel Gilles Jozef; Dutch astronomer, astrophysicist (1893-1970).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Minnaert C
Minnaert N
Minnaert W

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