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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Compton W
Clean Name Compton W
Feature ID 8377
Target Moon
Feature Type Satellite Feature

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 58.84 °
Southmost Latitude 58.33 °
Eastmost Longitude 97.08 °
Westmost Longitude 96.11 °
Diameter 15.38 km
Center Latitude 58.58 °
Center Longitude 96.60 °
Northmost Latitude 58.60 °
Southmost Latitude 58.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 97.20 °
Westmost Longitude 97.20 °
Diameter 16.00 km
Center Latitude 58.60 °
Center Longitude 97.20 °
Northmost Latitude 58.89 °
Southmost Latitude 58.38 °
Eastmost Longitude 96.80 °
Westmost Longitude 95.82 °
Diameter 15.38 km
Center Latitude 58.63 °
Center Longitude 96.31 °
Quad LAC-15 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent North America
Ethnicity American
Origin Arthur Holly; American physicist, Nobel laureate (1892-1962); Karl Taylor; American physicist (1887-1954).
Reference [68] - World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus: Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968: New York, 1973.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Parent Feature Compton

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