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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Joliot
Clean Name Joliot
Feature ID 2839
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 28.64 °
Southmost Latitude 22.94 °
Eastmost Longitude 96.55 °
Westmost Longitude 90.22 °
Diameter 172.79 km
Center Latitude 25.79 °
Center Longitude 93.39 °
Northmost Latitude 28.44 °
Southmost Latitude 22.86 °
Eastmost Longitude 96.48 °
Westmost Longitude 90.30 °
Diameter 169.25 km
Center Latitude 25.65 °
Center Longitude 93.39 °
Northmost Latitude 28.60 °
Southmost Latitude 23.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 93.30 °
Westmost Longitude 92.80 °
Diameter 164.00 km
Center Latitude 25.80 °
Center Longitude 93.10 °
Quad LAC-46 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1961
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Frederic Joliot-Curie; French physicist; Nobel laureate (1900-1958).
Reference -
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Joliot P

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