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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Sinus Roris
Clean Name Sinus Roris
Feature ID 5569
Target Moon
Feature Type Sinus, sinūs

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 52.47 °
Southmost Latitude 47.61 °
Eastmost Longitude -46.54 °
Westmost Longitude -56.59 °
Diameter 195.04 km
Center Latitude 50.26 °
Center Longitude -50.86 °
Northmost Latitude 54.00 °
Southmost Latitude 53.90 °
Eastmost Longitude -50.90 °
Westmost Longitude -62.20 °
Diameter 202.00 km
Center Latitude 54.00 °
Center Longitude -56.60 °
Northmost Latitude 52.47 °
Southmost Latitude 47.61 °
Eastmost Longitude -46.54 °
Westmost Longitude -56.59 °
Diameter 195.04 km
Center Latitude 50.26 °
Center Longitude -50.86 °
Quad LAC-10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin "Bay of Dew."
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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