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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Anaxagoras
Clean Name Anaxagoras
Feature ID 252
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 74.34 °
Southmost Latitude 72.63 °
Eastmost Longitude -7.15 °
Westmost Longitude -13.19 °
Diameter 51.90 km
Center Latitude 73.48 °
Center Longitude -10.17 °
Northmost Latitude 74.30 °
Southmost Latitude 72.62 °
Eastmost Longitude -7.10 °
Westmost Longitude -13.02 °
Diameter 50.99 km
Center Latitude 73.46 °
Center Longitude -10.06 °
Northmost Latitude 73.40 °
Southmost Latitude 73.40 °
Eastmost Longitude -10.10 °
Westmost Longitude -10.10 °
Diameter 50.00 km
Center Latitude 73.40 °
Center Longitude -10.10 °
Quad LAC-3 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Greek astronomer (500-428 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) Anaxagoras B
Anaxagoras A

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