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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rimae Alphonsus
Clean Name Rimae Alphonsus
Feature ID 5091
Target Moon
Feature Type Rima, rimae

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -12.17 °
Southmost Latitude -14.86 °
Eastmost Longitude -1.44 °
Westmost Longitude -2.62 °
Diameter 87.00 km
Center Latitude -13.40 °
Center Longitude -1.94 °
Northmost Latitude -12.19 °
Southmost Latitude -14.86 °
Eastmost Longitude -1.49 °
Westmost Longitude -2.66 °
Diameter 87.00 km
Center Latitude -13.43 °
Center Longitude -1.96 °
Northmost Latitude -14.00 °
Southmost Latitude -14.00 °
Eastmost Longitude -2.00 °
Westmost Longitude -2.00 °
Diameter 80.00 km
Center Latitude -14.00 °
Center Longitude -2.00 °
Quad LAC-77 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1964
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Within crater of same name.
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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