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Planetary Names: Mare, maria: Mare Cognitum on Moon

Mare Cognitum

Feature Name	Mare Cognitum
Clean Name	Mare Cognitum
Feature ID	3670
Target	Moon
Feature Type	Mare, maria
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	-5.90 °
Southernmost Latitude	-13.92 °
Easternmost Longitude	-16.45 °
Westernmost Longitude	-28.18 °
Diameter	350.01 km
Center Latitude	-10.53 °
Center Longitude	-22.31 °
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Northernmost Latitude	-5.90 °
Southernmost Latitude	-13.92 °
Easternmost Longitude	-16.45 °
Westernmost Longitude	-28.10 °
Diameter	350.01 km
Center Latitude	-10.53 °
Center Longitude	-22.31 °
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Northernmost Latitude	-10.10 °
Southernmost Latitude	-10.50 °
Easternmost Longitude	-16.40 °
Westernmost Longitude	-28.90 °
Diameter	376.00 km
Center Latitude	-10.00 °
Center Longitude	-23.10 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((343.6 -10.5, 331.1 -10.5, 331.1 -10.1, 343.6 -10.1, 343.6 -10.5)))
kml download	Mare Cognitum.kml
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Latin
Quad	LAC-76 [pdf]
Reference	[67] - The System of Lunar Craters, Quadrants I, II, III, IV: by D. W. G. Arthur and others: Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, vol. 2, no. 30, 1963: vol. 3, no. 40, 1964: vol. 3, no. 50, 1965: vol. 5, no. 70, 1966.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1964
Origin	"Sea that has become known." Ranger VII impact site.
Last Updated	Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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