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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Jeans
Clean Name Jeans
Feature ID 2814
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -54.24 °
Southmost Latitude -56.92 °
Eastmost Longitude 93.88 °
Westmost Longitude 89.15 °
Diameter 81.13 km
Center Latitude -55.58 °
Center Longitude 91.51 °
Northmost Latitude -54.23 °
Southmost Latitude -56.91 °
Eastmost Longitude 93.79 °
Westmost Longitude 89.05 °
Diameter 81.13 km
Center Latitude -55.57 °
Center Longitude 91.42 °
Northmost Latitude -55.80 °
Southmost Latitude -55.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 91.40 °
Westmost Longitude 91.40 °
Diameter 79.00 km
Center Latitude -55.80 °
Center Longitude 91.40 °
Quad LAC-129 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1964
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Great Britain
Origin Sir James Hopwood; British mathematical physicist (1877-1946).
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) Jeans G
Jeans N
Jeans S
Jeans U
Jeans X
Jeans Y
Jeans B

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