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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rutherford
Clean Name Rutherford
Feature ID 5240
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 19.88 °
Southmost Latitude 18.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 350.30 °
Westmost Longitude 348.40 °
Diameter 110.50 km
Center Latitude 18.99 °
Center Longitude 349.30 °
Northmost Latitude 19.88 °
Southmost Latitude 18.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 9.70 °
Westmost Longitude 11.60 °
Diameter 110.50 km
Center Latitude 18.99 °
Center Longitude 10.70 °
Northmost Latitude 19.94 °
Southmost Latitude 18.13 °
Eastmost Longitude 350.37 °
Westmost Longitude 348.46 °
Diameter 107.08 km
Center Latitude 19.03 °
Center Longitude 349.41 °
Northmost Latitude 19.94 °
Southmost Latitude 18.13 °
Eastmost Longitude 9.63 °
Westmost Longitude 11.54 °
Diameter 107.08 km
Center Latitude 19.03 °
Center Longitude 10.59 °
Quad mc11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Great Britain
Origin Ernest; British physicist (1871-1937).
Reference [68] - World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus: Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968: New York, 1973.
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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