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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nansen
Clean Name Nansen
Feature ID 4142
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 83.10 °
Southmost Latitude 79.24 °
Eastmost Longitude 108.04 °
Westmost Longitude 82.72 °
Diameter 116.90 km
Center Latitude 81.17 °
Center Longitude 95.38 °
Northmost Latitude 82.92 °
Southmost Latitude 79.26 °
Eastmost Longitude 107.70 °
Westmost Longitude 83.91 °
Diameter 111.01 km
Center Latitude 81.15 °
Center Longitude 95.67 °
Northmost Latitude 81.00 °
Southmost Latitude 80.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 106.00 °
Westmost Longitude 84.60 °
Diameter 104.00 km
Center Latitude 80.90 °
Center Longitude 95.30 °
Quad LAC-1 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1964
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Norway
Origin Fridtjof; Norwegian explorer (1861-1930).
Reference [67] - The System of Lunar Craters, Quadrants I, II, III, IV: by D. W. G. Arthur and others: Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, vol. 2, no. 30, 1963: vol. 3, no. 40, 1964: vol. 3, no. 50, 1965: vol. 5, no. 70, 1966.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Nansen C
Nansen A
Nansen D
Nansen E
Nansen F
Nansen U

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