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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Promontorium Archerusia
Clean Name Promontorium Archerusia
Feature ID 4840
Target Moon
Feature Type Promontorium, promontoria

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 16.92 °
Southmost Latitude 16.66 °
Eastmost Longitude 22.15 °
Westmost Longitude 21.78 °
Diameter 11.21 km
Center Latitude 16.79 °
Center Longitude 21.96 °
Northmost Latitude 16.93 °
Southmost Latitude 16.64 °
Eastmost Longitude 22.15 °
Westmost Longitude 21.75 °
Diameter 11.21 km
Center Latitude 16.80 °
Center Longitude 21.94 °
Northmost Latitude 16.70 °
Southmost Latitude 16.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 22.00 °
Westmost Longitude 22.00 °
Diameter 10.00 km
Center Latitude 16.70 °
Center Longitude 22.00 °
Quad LAC-42 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1961
Continent Europe
Culture Russia
Origin Named from cape on the Black Sea.
Reference [67] - The System of Lunar Craters, Quadrants I, II, III, IV: by D. W. G. Arthur and others: Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, vol. 2, no. 30, 1963: vol. 3, no. 40, 1964: vol. 3, no. 50, 1965: vol. 5, no. 70, 1966.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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