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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Paracelsus
Clean Name Paracelsus
Feature ID 4584
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -21.56 °
Southmost Latitude -24.29 °
Eastmost Longitude 164.86 °
Westmost Longitude 162.03 °
Diameter 85.88 km
Center Latitude -22.92 °
Center Longitude 163.44 °
Northmost Latitude -21.73 °
Southmost Latitude -24.43 °
Eastmost Longitude 165.07 °
Westmost Longitude 162.14 °
Diameter 81.73 km
Center Latitude -23.08 °
Center Longitude 163.60 °
Northmost Latitude -23.00 °
Southmost Latitude -23.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 163.10 °
Westmost Longitude 163.10 °
Diameter 83.00 km
Center Latitude -23.00 °
Center Longitude 163.10 °
Quad LAC-103 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Austria
Origin Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim; Swiss-German doctor, chemist (1493-1541).
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) Paracelsus C
Paracelsus E
Paracelsus G
Paracelsus H
Paracelsus M
Paracelsus N
Paracelsus P
Paracelsus Y

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