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Feature ID	Feature Name	Clean Feature Name	Target	Diameter	Center Latitude	Center Longitude	Northernmost Latitude	Southernmost Latitude	Easternmost Longitude	Westernmost Longitude	Coordinate System	Continent	Ethnicity	Feature Type	Feature Type Code	Quad	Approval Status	Approval Date	Reference	Origin	Additional Info	Last Updated
16342	Bower	Bower	Pluto	72.00	45.36	233.39	46.96	43.71	235.73	231.05	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Sep 11, 2024	[820]	Ernest Clare; American astronomer who calculated one of the first independent orbits of Pluto, shortly after that planet’s 1930 discovery by Lowell Observatory’s Clyde Tombaugh (1890-1964).		Sep 11, 2024
15680	Burney	Burney	Pluto	296.00	45.68	133.79	52.79	38.79	142.64	124.99	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	Great Britain	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[59]	Venetia; British schoolgirl, who suggested in 1930 the name “Pluto” for Tombaugh’s newly discovered planet (1918–2009).	None	Sep 15, 2017
16086	Coradini	Coradini	Pluto	38.00	42.88	191.43	43.71	42.04	192.57	190.29	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	Italy	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	May 27, 2022	[640]	Angioletta; Italian planetary scientist (1946-2011).		Jun 07, 2022
15867	Coughlin	Coughlin	Pluto	45.00	15.24	150.54	16.28	14.19	151.61	149.46	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Jan 03, 2020	[550]	Thomas Boyd; American mechanical/space engineer, first project manager of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt (1941–2014).	None	Jan 03, 2020
15960	Edgeworth	Edgeworth	Pluto	149.00	6.86	109.42	10.43	3.28	113.12	105.72	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	Ireland	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Feb 03, 2021	[600]	Kenneth; Irish astronomer, the first to propose the existence of a disk of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune, now known as the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt (1880-1972).	None	Feb 09, 2021
15681	Elliot	Elliot	Pluto	96.00	12.04	138.86	14.28	9.75	141.18	136.57	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[439]	James; American astronomer, discoverer of the atmosphere of Pluto (1943–2011).	None	Sep 11, 2017
16343	Farinella	Farinella	Pluto	20.00	50.87	179.24	51.40	50.33	179.97	178.50	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	Italy	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Sep 11, 2024	[821]	Paolo; Italian planetary scientist who conducted critical investigations of the formation and collisional evolution of small bodies, satellites, and space debris, including Kuiper Belt objects (1953-2000).		Sep 11, 2024
15924	Hardaway	Hardaway	Pluto	11.07	46.85	140.97	47.11	46.58	141.36	140.61	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Aug 05, 2020	[580]	Lisa; Led the development of the RALPH instrument, the visual and infrared imager and spectrometer on the New Horizons spacecraft (1966-2017).	None	Feb 09, 2021
15868	Hardie	Hardie	Pluto	25.00	23.82	141.58	24.33	23.31	142.16	140.99	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Jan 03, 2020	[551]	Robert H.; American astronomer, co-discoverer (1955) of Pluto’s 6.4-day rotation period (1923–1989).	None	Jan 03, 2020
15844	Khare	Khare	Pluto	58.00	27.85	94.56	29.05	26.60	96.09	93.08	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	India	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[531]	Bishun; Indian-born American atmosphere chemistry scientist, investigated, in particular, tholins, the organic molecules that probably account for the darkest regions on Pluto (1933–2013).	None	Jun 03, 2019
15832	Kiladze	Kiladze	Pluto	44.42	28.39	212.92	29.44	27.30	214.03	211.75	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Georgia	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[521]	Rolan; Georgian (Caucasus) astronomer. Investigated the dynamics, astrometry and photometry of Pluto (1931–2010).	None	Jun 03, 2019
16085	Kowal	Kowal	Pluto	66.00	49.48	217.87	51.02	47.95	220.21	215.54	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	May 27, 2022	[639]	Charles T.; American astronomer and discoverer of 2060 Chiron (1940-2011).		Jun 07, 2022
15961	Oort	Oort	Pluto	123.00	7.86	92.05	10.80	4.91	94.97	89.00	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	The Netherlands (Dutch)	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Feb 03, 2021	[602]	Jan Hendrik, Dutch astronomer, first described the Oort Cloud, a theoretical cloud of icy planetesimals beyond the Kuiper Belt, and believed to be the source of long- period comets (1900 to 1992).	None	Feb 04, 2021
15925	Pulfrich	Pulfrich	Pluto	37.70	77.80	135.99	78.73	76.86	140.44	131.53	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	Germany	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Aug 05, 2020	[581]	Carl; German physicist, inventor of the blink comparator which Clyde Tombaugh used for discovery of Pluto (1858-1927).	None	Aug 10, 2020
15845	Simonelli	Simonelli	Pluto	286.00	12.79	314.76	19.26	6.32	321.54	308.12	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[532]	Damon; American astronomer; investigated the formation history of Pluto (1959–2004).	None	Jun 03, 2019
15926	Zagar	Zagar	Pluto	93.00	-5.74	155.23	-3.62	-7.85	157.34	153.12	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	Italy	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Aug 05, 2020	[521]	Francesco; Italian astronomer who carried out early studies of the orbit of Pluto (1900-1976).	None	Aug 10, 2020

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