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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Maupertuis
Clean Name Maupertuis
Feature ID 3758
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 50.37 °
Southmost Latitude 49.02 °
Eastmost Longitude -26.16 °
Westmost Longitude -28.41 °
Diameter 45.49 km
Center Latitude 49.70 °
Center Longitude -27.28 °
Northmost Latitude 50.36 °
Southmost Latitude 48.94 °
Eastmost Longitude -26.33 °
Westmost Longitude -28.33 °
Diameter 44.10 km
Center Latitude 49.65 °
Center Longitude -27.34 °
Northmost Latitude 49.60 °
Southmost Latitude 49.60 °
Eastmost Longitude -27.30 °
Westmost Longitude -27.30 °
Diameter 45.00 km
Center Latitude 49.60 °
Center Longitude -27.30 °
Quad LAC-11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Pierre Louis Moreau de; French mathematician (1698-1759).
Reference [89] - Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Maupertuis A
Maupertuis B
Maupertuis C
Maupertuis K
Maupertuis L

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