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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Coleman Mons
Clean Name Coleman Mons
Feature ID 16036
Target Pluto
Feature Type Mons, montes

Location


Pluto
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -23.40 °
Southmost Latitude -24.93 °
Eastmost Longitude 168.54 °
Westmost Longitude 167.42 °
Diameter 32.00 km
Center Latitude -24.17 °
Center Longitude 167.98 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 02, 2021
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Elizabeth “Bessie”; early American aviator and the first woman of African-American and Native American descent to earn a pilot’s license (1892-1926).
Reference [629] - First African-American Woman Pilot, by Connie Plantz: Enslow Publishers, Inc., Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, 2015.
Updated Dec 16, 2021 6:21 PM

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