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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Hardie
Clean Name Hardie
Feature ID 15868
Target Pluto
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Pluto
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 24.33 °
Southmost Latitude 23.31 °
Eastmost Longitude 142.16 °
Westmost Longitude 140.99 °
Diameter 25.00 km
Center Latitude 23.82 °
Center Longitude 141.58 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 03, 2020
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Robert H.; American astronomer, co-discoverer (1955) of Pluto’s 6.4-day rotation period (1923–1989).
Reference [551] - Pluto and Lowell Observatory: A History of Discovery at Flagstaff, by Kevin Schindler and Will Grundy, Arcadia Publishing, 2018.
Updated Jan 03, 2020 12:11 PM

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