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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Gagarin
Clean Name Gagarin
Feature ID 2054
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -15.34 °
Southmost Latitude -23.97 °
Eastmost Longitude 153.94 °
Westmost Longitude 144.77 °
Diameter 261.83 km
Center Latitude -19.66 °
Center Longitude 149.35 °
Northmost Latitude -15.61 °
Southmost Latitude -24.43 °
Eastmost Longitude 153.86 °
Westmost Longitude 144.48 °
Diameter 267.32 km
Center Latitude -20.02 °
Center Longitude 149.17 °
Northmost Latitude -20.00 °
Southmost Latitude -20.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 153.90 °
Westmost Longitude 144.50 °
Diameter 265.00 km
Center Latitude -20.20 °
Center Longitude 149.20 °
Quad LAC-102 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Soviet
Origin Yury Alekseyevich; Soviet cosmonaut (1934-1968).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Gagarin G
Gagarin M
Gagarin T
Gagarin Z

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