Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Becquerel
Clean Name Becquerel
Feature ID 654
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 41.83 °
Southmost Latitude 39.76 °
Eastmost Longitude 130.87 °
Westmost Longitude 128.13 °
Diameter 62.86 km
Center Latitude 40.79 °
Center Longitude 129.50 °
Quad LAC-30 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Antoine-Henri; French physicist; Nobel laureate (1852-1908).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Becquerel E
Becquerel F
Becquerel W
Becquerel X

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