Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Bakhuysen
Clean Name Bakhuysen
Feature ID 566
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -21.68 °
Southmost Latitude -24.26 °
Eastmost Longitude 17.13 °
Westmost Longitude 14.33 °
Diameter 152.90 km
Center Latitude -22.97 °
Center Longitude 15.73 °
Quad mc20 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity The Netherlands (Dutch)
Origin Hendrik G.; Dutch astronomer (1838-1923).
Reference [208] - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 84, p. 226, 1924.
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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