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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rimae Goclenius
Clean Name Rimae Goclenius
Feature ID 5109
Target Moon
Feature Type Rima, rimae

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -5.19 °
Southmost Latitude -10.48 °
Eastmost Longitude 45.20 °
Westmost Longitude 41.10 °
Diameter 190.00 km
Center Latitude -7.84 °
Center Longitude 42.88 °
Northmost Latitude -5.25 °
Southmost Latitude -10.43 °
Eastmost Longitude 45.21 °
Westmost Longitude 41.15 °
Diameter 190.00 km
Center Latitude -7.84 °
Center Longitude 42.88 °
Northmost Latitude -8.00 °
Southmost Latitude -8.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 43.00 °
Westmost Longitude 43.00 °
Diameter 240.00 km
Center Latitude -8.00 °
Center Longitude 43.00 °
Quad LAC-79 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1964
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Named from nearby crater.
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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