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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Geminus
Clean Name Geminus
Feature ID 2137
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 35.77 °
Southmost Latitude 33.07 °
Eastmost Longitude 58.30 °
Westmost Longitude 55.02 °
Diameter 81.98 km
Center Latitude 34.42 °
Center Longitude 56.66 °
Northmost Latitude 35.85 °
Southmost Latitude 33.04 °
Eastmost Longitude 58.27 °
Westmost Longitude 54.98 °
Diameter 82.58 km
Center Latitude 34.31 °
Center Longitude 56.63 °
Northmost Latitude 34.50 °
Southmost Latitude 34.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 56.70 °
Westmost Longitude 56.70 °
Diameter 85.00 km
Center Latitude 34.50 °
Center Longitude 56.70 °
Quad LAC-27 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Greek astronomer (unkn-c. 70 B.C.).
Reference [66] - Named Lunar Formations, by Mary A. Blagg and K. Müller: Percy Lund, Humphries and Co. Ltd., London, 1935.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Geminus N
Geminus A
Geminus B
Geminus C
Geminus D
Geminus E
Geminus F
Geminus G
Geminus H
Geminus M
Geminus W
Geminus Z

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