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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Calippus B
Clean Name Calippus B
Feature ID 8061
Target Moon
Feature Type Satellite Feature

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 36.20 °
Southmost Latitude 35.96 °
Eastmost Longitude 10.22 °
Westmost Longitude 9.93 °
Diameter 7.21 km
Center Latitude 36.08 °
Center Longitude 10.07 °
Northmost Latitude 36.19 °
Southmost Latitude 35.95 °
Eastmost Longitude 10.22 °
Westmost Longitude 9.93 °
Diameter 7.21 km
Center Latitude 36.07 °
Center Longitude 10.07 °
Northmost Latitude 36.00 °
Southmost Latitude 36.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 10.00 °
Westmost Longitude 10.00 °
Diameter 7.00 km
Center Latitude 36.00 °
Center Longitude 10.00 °
Quad LAC-26 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Calippus of Cyzicus; Greek astronomer (c. 370 B.C.).
Reference [89] - Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Parent Feature Calippus

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