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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Vallis Rheita
Clean Name Vallis Rheita
Feature ID 6298
Target Moon
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -36.24 °
Southmost Latitude -48.69 °
Eastmost Longitude 59.26 °
Westmost Longitude 44.49 °
Diameter 509.07 km
Center Latitude -42.51 °
Center Longitude 51.65 °
Northmost Latitude -36.05 °
Southmost Latitude -48.69 °
Eastmost Longitude 59.26 °
Westmost Longitude 44.39 °
Diameter 509.07 km
Center Latitude -42.51 °
Center Longitude 51.65 °
Northmost Latitude -37.70 °
Southmost Latitude -48.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 59.60 °
Westmost Longitude 45.40 °
Diameter 445.00 km
Center Latitude -42.50 °
Center Longitude 51.50 °
Quad LAC-114 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1961
Continent Europe
Culture Czechoslovakia
Origin Named from nearby crater.
Reference [67] - The System of Lunar Craters, Quadrants I, II, III, IV: by D. W. G. Arthur and others: Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, vol. 2, no. 30, 1963: vol. 3, no. 40, 1964: vol. 3, no. 50, 1965: vol. 5, no. 70, 1966.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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