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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name De Sitter
Clean Name De Sitter
Feature ID 1445
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 80.86 °
Southmost Latitude 78.76 °
Eastmost Longitude 44.60 °
Westmost Longitude 32.68 °
Diameter 63.79 km
Center Latitude 79.81 °
Center Longitude 38.57 °
Northmost Latitude 80.84 °
Southmost Latitude 78.74 °
Eastmost Longitude 44.42 °
Westmost Longitude 32.54 °
Diameter 63.79 km
Center Latitude 79.79 °
Center Longitude 38.41 °
Northmost Latitude 80.10 °
Southmost Latitude 80.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 39.60 °
Westmost Longitude 39.60 °
Diameter 64.00 km
Center Latitude 80.10 °
Center Longitude 39.60 °
Quad LAC-4 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1964
Continent Europe
Ethnicity The Netherlands (Dutch)
Origin Willem; Dutch astronomer (1872-1934).
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
Satellite Feature(s) De Sitter A
De Sitter F
De Sitter G
De Sitter L
De Sitter M
De Sitter U
De Sitter V
De Sitter W
De Sitter X

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