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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Fleming
Clean Name Fleming
Feature ID 1979
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 16.99 °
Southmost Latitude 12.83 °
Eastmost Longitude 111.43 °
Westmost Longitude 107.12 °
Diameter 126.37 km
Center Latitude 14.91 °
Center Longitude 109.28 °
Northmost Latitude 16.59 °
Southmost Latitude 12.83 °
Eastmost Longitude 111.13 °
Westmost Longitude 107.25 °
Diameter 113.92 km
Center Latitude 14.71 °
Center Longitude 109.19 °
Northmost Latitude 15.00 °
Southmost Latitude 15.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 111.60 °
Westmost Longitude 107.60 °
Diameter 106.00 km
Center Latitude 15.00 °
Center Longitude 109.60 °
Quad LAC-64 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Great Britain
Origin Alexander; British doctor, Nobel laureate (1881-1955); Williamina Paton; Scottish-born American astronomer (1857-1911).
Reference [89] - Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Fleming W
Fleming D
Fleming N
Fleming Y

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