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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Littrow
Clean Name Littrow
Feature ID 3427
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 21.97 °
Southmost Latitude 21.03 °
Eastmost Longitude 31.90 °
Westmost Longitude 30.89 °
Diameter 28.52 km
Center Latitude 21.50 °
Center Longitude 31.39 °
Northmost Latitude 21.50 °
Southmost Latitude 21.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 31.40 °
Westmost Longitude 31.40 °
Diameter 30.00 km
Center Latitude 21.50 °
Center Longitude 31.40 °
Northmost Latitude 22.01 °
Southmost Latitude 21.02 °
Eastmost Longitude 31.91 °
Westmost Longitude 30.85 °
Diameter 29.84 km
Center Latitude 21.52 °
Center Longitude 31.38 °
Quad LAC-43 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Czechoslovakia
Origin Johann Josef von; Bohemian astronomer (1781-1840).
Reference [68] - World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus: Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968: New York, 1973.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Littrow A
Littrow D
Littrow F
Littrow P

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