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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Aepinus
Clean Name Aepinus
Feature ID 14523
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 88.23 °
Southmost Latitude 87.68 °
Eastmost Longitude -101.91 °
Westmost Longitude -117.46 °
Diameter 16.74 km
Center Latitude 87.96 °
Center Longitude -109.69 °
Northmost Latitude 88.28 °
Southmost Latitude 87.71 °
Eastmost Longitude -100.97 °
Westmost Longitude -117.44 °
Diameter 17.40 km
Center Latitude 87.98 °
Center Longitude -108.55 °
Northmost Latitude 88.02 °
Southmost Latitude 88.02 °
Eastmost Longitude -108.30 °
Westmost Longitude -108.30 °
Diameter 17.50 km
Center Latitude 88.02 °
Center Longitude -108.30 °
Quad LAC-1 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 22, 2009
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Franz Maria Ulrich Theodor Hoch; German-Russian astronomer (1724-1802).
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

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