Planetary Names

Basic Info

Feature Name	Volta B
Clean Name	Volta B
Feature ID	13742
Target	Moon
Feature Type	Satellite Feature

Location

Control Network

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude	54.67 °
Southmost Latitude	54.40 °
Eastmost Longitude	-83.29 °
Westmost Longitude	-83.76 °
Diameter	8.28 km
Center Latitude	54.53 °
Center Longitude	-83.53 °
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Southmost Latitude	54.60 °
Eastmost Longitude	-83.50 °
Westmost Longitude	-83.50 °
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Center Latitude	54.60 °
Center Longitude	-83.50 °
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Southmost Latitude	54.35 °
Eastmost Longitude	-83.22 °
Westmost Longitude	-83.70 °
Diameter	8.52 km
Center Latitude	54.49 °
Center Longitude	-83.46 °
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Quad	LAC-21 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	2006
Continent	Europe
Ethnicity	Italy
Origin	Count Allessandro Guiseppe Antonio Anastasio; Italian physicist (1745-1827).
Reference	[68] - World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus: Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968: New York, 1973.
Updated	Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Parent Feature	Volta

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