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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Padirac

Basic Info

Feature Name Padirac
Clean Name Padirac
Feature ID 4544
Target Ida
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -4.30 °
Southmost Latitude -4.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 5.20 °
Westmost Longitude 5.20 °
Diameter 1.90 km
Center Latitude -4.30 °
Center Longitude 5.20 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1997
Continent Europe
Culture France
Origin Cave with underground river in France.
Reference [121] - Memoirs of a Speleologist, The Adventurous Life of a Famous French Cave Explorer, by Robert deJoly: Zephyrus Press, New Jersey, 1975.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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