Planetary Names

Basic Info

Feature Name	Heron (Hero)
Clean Name	Heron Hero
Feature ID	2476
Target	Moon
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude	1.06 °
Southmost Latitude	0.24 °
Eastmost Longitude	120.32 °
Westmost Longitude	119.43 °
Diameter	28.10 km
Center Latitude	0.65 °
Center Longitude	119.88 °
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Northmost Latitude	1.31 °
Southmost Latitude	0.44 °
Eastmost Longitude	120.14 °
Westmost Longitude	119.27 °
Diameter	26.43 km
Center Latitude	0.87 °
Center Longitude	119.70 °
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Northmost Latitude	0.70 °
Southmost Latitude	0.70 °
Eastmost Longitude	119.80 °
Westmost Longitude	119.80 °
Diameter	24.00 km
Center Latitude	0.70 °
Center Longitude	119.80 °
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Quad	LAC-65 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1976
Continent	Africa
Ethnicity	Egypt
Origin	Egyptian inventor (unkn-c. 100 B.C.).
Reference	-
Updated	Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s)	Heron (Hero) H Heron (Hero) Y

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Basic Info

Location

Status and Origin

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