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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nansen U
Clean Name Nansen U
Feature ID 11536
Target Moon
Feature Type Satellite Feature

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 81.79 °
Southmost Latitude 81.28 °
Eastmost Longitude 84.34 °
Westmost Longitude 80.86 °
Diameter 15.54 km
Center Latitude 81.54 °
Center Longitude 82.60 °
Northmost Latitude 81.77 °
Southmost Latitude 81.31 °
Eastmost Longitude 84.00 °
Westmost Longitude 80.87 °
Diameter 13.93 km
Center Latitude 81.54 °
Center Longitude 82.45 °
Northmost Latitude 81.60 °
Southmost Latitude 81.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 81.40 °
Westmost Longitude 81.40 °
Diameter 16.00 km
Center Latitude 81.60 °
Center Longitude 81.40 °
Quad LAC-1 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Norway
Origin Fridtjof; Norwegian explorer (1861-1930).
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
Parent Feature Nansen

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