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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Schjellerup
Clean Name Schjellerup
Feature ID 5370
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 70.07 °
Southmost Latitude 68.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 161.13 °
Westmost Longitude 155.36 °
Diameter 62.82 km
Center Latitude 69.04 °
Center Longitude 158.24 °
Northmost Latitude 70.12 °
Southmost Latitude 68.05 °
Eastmost Longitude 160.99 °
Westmost Longitude 155.20 °
Diameter 62.82 km
Center Latitude 69.09 °
Center Longitude 158.10 °
Northmost Latitude 69.70 °
Southmost Latitude 69.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 157.10 °
Westmost Longitude 157.10 °
Diameter 62.00 km
Center Latitude 69.70 °
Center Longitude 157.10 °
Quad LAC-7 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Denmark
Origin Hans Carl; Danish astronomer (1827-1887).
Reference [89] - Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Schjellerup J
Schjellerup N
Schjellerup R
Schjellerup H

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