Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Petermann
Clean Name Petermann
Feature ID 4669
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 75.62 °
Southmost Latitude 73.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 72.60 °
Westmost Longitude 63.18 °
Diameter 76.95 km
Center Latitude 74.35 °
Center Longitude 67.89 °
Quad LAC-5 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin August Heinrich; German geographer (1822-1878).
Reference [66] - Named Lunar Formations, by Mary A. Blagg and K. Müller: Percy Lund, Humphries and Co. Ltd., London, 1935.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Petermann A
Petermann B
Petermann C
Petermann D
Petermann E
Petermann R
Petermann S
Petermann X
Petermann Y

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