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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Sulpicius Gallus
Clean Name Sulpicius Gallus
Feature ID 5757
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 19.82 °
Southmost Latitude 19.43 °
Eastmost Longitude 11.87 °
Westmost Longitude 11.49 °
Diameter 11.61 km
Center Latitude 19.63 °
Center Longitude 11.68 °
Northmost Latitude 19.80 °
Southmost Latitude 19.42 °
Eastmost Longitude 11.87 °
Westmost Longitude 11.46 °
Diameter 11.48 km
Center Latitude 19.61 °
Center Longitude 11.66 °
Northmost Latitude 19.60 °
Southmost Latitude 19.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 11.60 °
Westmost Longitude 11.60 °
Diameter 12.00 km
Center Latitude 19.60 °
Center Longitude 11.60 °
Quad LAC-42 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
Origin Gaius; Roman astronomer (unkn-fl. c. B.C. 166).
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
Satellite Feature(s) Sulpicius Gallus A
Sulpicius Gallus B
Sulpicius Gallus G
Sulpicius Gallus H
Sulpicius Gallus M

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