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Planetary Names: Promontorium, promontoria: Promontorium Archerusia on Moon
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Promontorium Archerusia
Feature Name
Promontorium Archerusia
Clean Name
Promontorium Archerusia
Feature ID
4840
Target
Moon
Feature Type
Promontorium, promontoria
Coordinate System
Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude
16.92 °
Southernmost Latitude
16.66 °
Easternmost Longitude
22.15 °
Westernmost Longitude
21.78 °
Diameter
11.21
km
Center Latitude
16.79 °
Center Longitude
21.96 °
WKT String
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Northernmost Latitude
16.93 °
Southernmost Latitude
16.64 °
Easternmost Longitude
22.15 °
Westernmost Longitude
21.75 °
Diameter
11.21
km
Center Latitude
16.80 °
Center Longitude
21.94 °
WKT String
MULTIPOLYGON (((21.82206916809082 16.64372825622559, 21.78399848937988 16.64253807067871, 21.75663566589355 16.69607353210449, 21.74592781066895 16.76507759094238, 21.7768611907959 16.84003257751465, 21.82921028137207 16.89713859558105, 21.8898868560791 16.92450141906738, 21.98863410949707 16.92926216125488, 22.06953620910645 16.92688179016113, 22.10284614562988 16.90784645080566, 22.1275691986084 16.87894630432129, 22.14924812316895 16.84003257751465, 22.14924812316895 16.7912540435791, 22.12954902648926 16.75436973571777, 22.08976173400879 16.72700691223145, 22.02474784851074 16.70098304748535, 21.93378639221191 16.69109535217285, 21.88237571716309 16.67923164367676, 21.82206916809082 16.64372825622559)))
Northernmost Latitude
16.70 °
Southernmost Latitude
16.70 °
Easternmost Longitude
22.00 °
Westernmost Longitude
22.00 °
Diameter
10.00
km
Center Latitude
16.70 °
Center Longitude
22.00 °
WKT String
POINT (22 16.7)
kml download
Promontorium Archerusia.kml
Continent
Europe
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country
Russia
Quad
LAC-42
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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
1961
Origin
Named from cape on the Black Sea.
Last Updated
Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
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