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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name [Pikel'ner K]
Clean Name Pikel ner K
Feature ID 12030
Target Moon
Feature Type Satellite Feature

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -50.46 °
Southmost Latitude -51.56 °
Eastmost Longitude 126.36 °
Westmost Longitude 124.61 °
Diameter 33.25 km
Center Latitude -51.01 °
Center Longitude 125.48 °
Northmost Latitude -50.48 °
Southmost Latitude -51.58 °
Eastmost Longitude 126.31 °
Westmost Longitude 124.57 °
Diameter 33.25 km
Center Latitude -51.03 °
Center Longitude 125.44 °
Northmost Latitude -50.30 °
Southmost Latitude -50.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 124.80 °
Westmost Longitude 124.80 °
Diameter 36.00 km
Center Latitude -50.30 °
Center Longitude 124.80 °
Quad LAC-130 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Dropped, disallowed
Approval Date 2006
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Soviet
Origin Solomon Borisovich; Soviet astronomer, cosmologist (1921-1975).
Reference -
Updated Feb 29, 2016 10:52 AM
Parent Feature Pikel'ner
Additional Information Name was changed from Pikel’ner K on 02/25/2016, to Hildegard K, when the name Hildegard was approved for the larger crater in which Hildegard K is located.

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