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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Bunsen
Clean Name Bunsen
Feature ID 920
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 42.31 °
Southmost Latitude 40.49 °
Eastmost Longitude -84.25 °
Westmost Longitude -86.67 °
Diameter 55.22 km
Center Latitude 41.40 °
Center Longitude -85.46 °
Northmost Latitude 42.21 °
Southmost Latitude 40.39 °
Eastmost Longitude -84.13 °
Westmost Longitude -86.56 °
Diameter 55.22 km
Center Latitude 41.30 °
Center Longitude -85.35 °
Northmost Latitude 41.40 °
Southmost Latitude 41.40 °
Eastmost Longitude -85.30 °
Westmost Longitude -85.30 °
Diameter 52.00 km
Center Latitude 41.40 °
Center Longitude -85.30 °
Quad LAC-22 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1964
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Robert Wilhelm Eberhard; German chemist (1811-1899).
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
Satellite Feature(s) Bunsen C
Bunsen D
Bunsen A
Bunsen B

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