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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Adams
Clean Name Adams
Feature ID 47
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -30.85 °
Southmost Latitude -32.93 °
Eastmost Longitude 69.62 °
Westmost Longitude 67.16 °
Diameter 63.27 km
Center Latitude -31.89 °
Center Longitude 68.39 °
Northmost Latitude -30.81 °
Southmost Latitude -32.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 69.57 °
Westmost Longitude 67.11 °
Diameter 63.27 km
Center Latitude -31.86 °
Center Longitude 68.34 °
Northmost Latitude -31.90 °
Southmost Latitude -31.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 68.20 °
Westmost Longitude 68.20 °
Diameter 66.00 km
Center Latitude -31.90 °
Center Longitude 68.20 °
Quad LAC-98 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent North America
Ethnicity American
Origin John Couch; British astronomer (1819-1892); Charles Hitchcock; American astronomer (1868-1951); Walter Sydney; American astronomer (1876-1956).
Reference [89] - Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Adams B
Adams C
Adams D
Adams M
Adams P

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