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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nansen
Clean Name Nansen
Feature ID 4143
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -49.27 °
Southmost Latitude -50.57 °
Eastmost Longitude 220.40 °
Westmost Longitude 218.40 °
Diameter 81.00 km
Center Latitude -49.97 °
Center Longitude 219.40 °
Northmost Latitude -49.27 °
Southmost Latitude -50.57 °
Eastmost Longitude 139.60 °
Westmost Longitude 141.60 °
Diameter 81.00 km
Center Latitude -49.97 °
Center Longitude 140.60 °
Northmost Latitude -49.29 °
Southmost Latitude -50.55 °
Eastmost Longitude 220.56 °
Westmost Longitude 218.60 °
Diameter 74.63 km
Center Latitude -49.92 °
Center Longitude 219.58 °
Northmost Latitude -49.29 °
Southmost Latitude -50.55 °
Eastmost Longitude 139.44 °
Westmost Longitude 141.40 °
Diameter 74.63 km
Center Latitude -49.92 °
Center Longitude 140.42 °
Quad mc24 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1967
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Norway
Origin Fridtjof; Norwegian explorer (1861-1930).
Reference [68] - World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus: Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968: New York, 1973.
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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