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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name De La Rue
Clean Name De La Rue
Feature ID 1440
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 61.29 °
Southmost Latitude 56.83 °
Eastmost Longitude 57.34 °
Westmost Longitude 48.62 °
Diameter 135.22 km
Center Latitude 59.02 °
Center Longitude 52.84 °
Northmost Latitude 61.47 °
Southmost Latitude 57.01 °
Eastmost Longitude 57.43 °
Westmost Longitude 48.71 °
Diameter 135.22 km
Center Latitude 59.19 °
Center Longitude 52.93 °
Northmost Latitude 59.20 °
Southmost Latitude 58.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 56.50 °
Westmost Longitude 48.10 °
Diameter 134.00 km
Center Latitude 59.10 °
Center Longitude 52.30 °
Quad LAC-14 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Great Britain
Origin Warren; British astronomer (1815-1889).
Reference [66] - Named Lunar Formations, by Mary A. Blagg and K. Müller: Percy Lund, Humphries and Co. Ltd., London, 1935.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) De La Rue R
De La Rue S
De La Rue D
De La Rue E
De La Rue J
De La Rue P
De La Rue Q
De La Rue W

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