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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Heymans
Clean Name Heymans
Feature ID 2494
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 75.52 °
Southmost Latitude 73.99 °
Eastmost Longitude -142.03 °
Westmost Longitude -147.85 °
Diameter 46.45 km
Center Latitude 74.76 °
Center Longitude -144.94 °
Northmost Latitude 75.64 °
Southmost Latitude 74.02 °
Eastmost Longitude -141.86 °
Westmost Longitude -148.07 °
Diameter 49.15 km
Center Latitude 74.83 °
Center Longitude -144.97 °
Northmost Latitude 75.30 °
Southmost Latitude 75.30 °
Eastmost Longitude -144.10 °
Westmost Longitude -144.10 °
Diameter 50.00 km
Center Latitude 75.30 °
Center Longitude -144.10 °
Quad LAC-8 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Belgium
Origin Corneille-Jean-François; Belgian physiologist; Nobel laureate (1892-1968).
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) Heymans D
Heymans F
Heymans T

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