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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Vallis Schröteri
Clean Name Vallis Schroteri
Feature ID 6300
Target Moon
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 26.28 °
Southmost Latitude 24.16 °
Eastmost Longitude -49.30 °
Westmost Longitude -53.61 °
Diameter 185.32 km
Center Latitude 26.16 °
Center Longitude -51.58 °
Northmost Latitude 26.32 °
Southmost Latitude 24.16 °
Eastmost Longitude -49.28 °
Westmost Longitude -53.63 °
Diameter 185.32 km
Center Latitude 26.16 °
Center Longitude -51.58 °
Northmost Latitude 25.00 °
Southmost Latitude 23.90 °
Eastmost Longitude -49.30 °
Westmost Longitude -52.80 °
Diameter 168.00 km
Center Latitude 26.20 °
Center Longitude -50.80 °
Quad LAC-38 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1961
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Schröter's Valley.
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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