Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Murakami on Moon

Murakami

Feature Name Murakami
Clean Name Murakami
Feature ID 4070
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters
Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude -22.65 °
Southernmost Latitude -24.12 °
Easternmost Longitude -140.17 °
Westernmost Longitude -141.77 °
Diameter 44.52 km
Center Latitude -23.38 °
Center Longitude -140.97 °
Northernmost Latitude -23.30 °
Southernmost Latitude -23.30 °
Easternmost Longitude -140.50 °
Westernmost Longitude -140.50 °
Diameter 45.00 km
Center Latitude -23.30 °
Center Longitude -140.50 °
Northernmost Latitude -22.69 °
Southernmost Latitude -24.16 °
Easternmost Longitude -140.20 °
Westernmost Longitude -141.80 °
Diameter 44.52 km
Center Latitude -23.43 °
Center Longitude -141.00 °
Continent Asia
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country		 Japan
Quad LAC-106 [pdf]
Reference [189] - Who's Who on the Moon, by Elijah E. Cocks and Josiah C. Cocks: Tudor Publishers, Greensboro, 1995.
Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Origin Harutaro; Japanese physicist, astronomer (1872-1947).
Last Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Additional Information Formerly Mariotte Y

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