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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Pirquet
Clean Name Pirquet
Feature ID 4738
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -19.32 °
Southmost Latitude -21.37 °
Eastmost Longitude 141.02 °
Westmost Longitude 138.83 °
Diameter 62.14 km
Center Latitude -20.34 °
Center Longitude 139.93 °
Northmost Latitude -19.41 °
Southmost Latitude -21.46 °
Eastmost Longitude 140.98 °
Westmost Longitude 138.80 °
Diameter 62.14 km
Center Latitude -20.43 °
Center Longitude 139.89 °
Northmost Latitude -20.30 °
Southmost Latitude -20.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 139.60 °
Westmost Longitude 139.60 °
Diameter 65.00 km
Center Latitude -20.30 °
Center Longitude 139.60 °
Quad LAC-102 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Culture Austria
Origin Baron Guido von; Austrian (spacecraft trajectories) astronaut (1880-1966).
Reference [266] - Report on Lunar Nomenclature, by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU: Space Science Reviews, Vol. 12, No. 2, June 1971, pages 136-186.
Updated Apr 09, 2012 9:47 AM
Satellite Feature(s) Pirquet X
Pirquet S

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