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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rimae Chacornac
Clean Name Rimae Chacornac
Feature ID 5100
Target Moon
Feature Type Rima, rimae

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 30.52 °
Southmost Latitude 27.35 °
Eastmost Longitude 32.48 °
Westmost Longitude 29.95 °
Diameter 100.00 km
Center Latitude 29.07 °
Center Longitude 31.16 °
Northmost Latitude 30.58 °
Southmost Latitude 27.27 °
Eastmost Longitude 32.48 °
Westmost Longitude 29.95 °
Diameter 100.00 km
Center Latitude 29.01 °
Center Longitude 31.24 °
Northmost Latitude 29.00 °
Southmost Latitude 29.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 32.00 °
Westmost Longitude 32.00 °
Diameter 120.00 km
Center Latitude 29.00 °
Center Longitude 32.00 °
Quad LAC-43 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1964
Continent Europe
Culture France
Origin Named from nearby crater.
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

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