Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Šafařík
Clean Name Safarik
Feature ID 6942
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 10.96 °
Southmost Latitude 9.92 °
Eastmost Longitude 177.23 °
Westmost Longitude 176.18 °
Diameter 31.42 km
Center Latitude 10.44 °
Center Longitude 176.70 °
Quad LAC-68 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Czechoslovakia
Origin Vojtech; Czechoslovakian astronomer (1829-1902).
Reference [162] - Article by F. Fischer, Prague, 1937.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Šafařík A
Šafařík H
Šafařík S

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