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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Becquerel
Clean Name Becquerel
Feature ID 655
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 23.29 °
Southmost Latitude 20.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 353.57 °
Westmost Longitude 350.56 °
Diameter 165.23 km
Center Latitude 21.89 °
Center Longitude 352.06 °
Northmost Latitude 23.29 °
Southmost Latitude 20.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 6.43 °
Westmost Longitude 9.44 °
Diameter 165.23 km
Center Latitude 21.89 °
Center Longitude 7.94 °
Northmost Latitude 23.25 °
Southmost Latitude 20.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 353.60 °
Westmost Longitude 350.50 °
Diameter 171.20 km
Center Latitude 22.06 °
Center Longitude 352.00 °
Northmost Latitude 23.25 °
Southmost Latitude 20.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 6.40 °
Westmost Longitude 9.50 °
Diameter 171.20 km
Center Latitude 22.06 °
Center Longitude 8.00 °
Quad mc11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Antoine H.; French physicist (1852-1908).
Reference [68] - World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus: Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968: New York, 1973.
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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