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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Störmer
Clean Name Stormer
Feature ID 5737
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 58.27 °
Southmost Latitude 56.01 °
Eastmost Longitude 148.73 °
Westmost Longitude 144.56 °
Diameter 68.62 km
Center Latitude 57.14 °
Center Longitude 146.65 °
Northmost Latitude 58.27 °
Southmost Latitude 56.04 °
Eastmost Longitude 148.52 °
Westmost Longitude 144.41 °
Diameter 67.50 km
Center Latitude 57.16 °
Center Longitude 146.46 °
Northmost Latitude 57.30 °
Southmost Latitude 57.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 146.30 °
Westmost Longitude 146.30 °
Diameter 69.00 km
Center Latitude 57.30 °
Center Longitude 146.30 °
Quad LAC-17 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Culture Norway
Origin Fredrik Carl Mülertz; Norwegian mathematician and astronomer, aurora research (1874-1957).
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) Störmer C
Störmer H
Störmer P
Störmer T
Störmer Y

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