Planetary Names

Basic Info

Feature Name	Montes Apenninus
Clean Name	Montes Apenninus
Feature ID	4004
Target	Moon
Feature Type	Mons, montes

Location

Control Network

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude	28.47 °
Southmost Latitude	14.63 °
Eastmost Longitude	7.34 °
Westmost Longitude	-10.21 °
Diameter	599.67 km
Center Latitude	19.87 °
Center Longitude	0.03 °
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Northmost Latitude	28.47 °
Southmost Latitude	14.63 °
Eastmost Longitude	0.00 °
Westmost Longitude	0.00 °
Diameter	599.67 km
Center Latitude	19.30 °
Center Longitude	-0.59 °
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Northmost Latitude	23.60 °
Southmost Latitude	15.60 °
Eastmost Longitude	-8.80 °
Westmost Longitude	1.60 °
Diameter	401.00 km
Center Latitude	18.90 °
Center Longitude	-3.70 °
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Quad	LAC-41 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1961
Continent	Europe
Ethnicity	Italy
Origin	Named from terrestrial Apennines.
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.
Updated	Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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Basic Info

Location

Status and Origin

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