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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tycho Brahe
Clean Name Tycho Brahe
Feature ID 6164
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -48.75 °
Southmost Latitude -50.06 °
Eastmost Longitude 147.48 °
Westmost Longitude 144.75 °
Diameter 105.27 km
Center Latitude -49.41 °
Center Longitude 146.12 °
Northmost Latitude -48.75 °
Southmost Latitude -50.06 °
Eastmost Longitude 212.52 °
Westmost Longitude 215.25 °
Diameter 105.27 km
Center Latitude -49.41 °
Center Longitude 213.88 °
Northmost Latitude -48.76 °
Southmost Latitude -50.07 °
Eastmost Longitude 147.40 °
Westmost Longitude 144.70 °
Diameter 106.00 km
Center Latitude -49.47 °
Center Longitude 146.10 °
Northmost Latitude -48.76 °
Southmost Latitude -50.07 °
Eastmost Longitude 212.60 °
Westmost Longitude 215.30 °
Diameter 106.00 km
Center Latitude -49.47 °
Center Longitude 213.90 °
Quad mc29 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Culture Denmark
Origin Danish astronomer (1546-1601).
Reference [68] - World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus: Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968: New York, 1973.
Updated Oct 11, 2011 12:08 PM
Additional Information Double crater.

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