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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mees
Clean Name Mees
Feature ID 3798
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 14.42 °
Southmost Latitude 12.72 °
Eastmost Longitude -95.31 °
Westmost Longitude -97.05 °
Diameter 51.55 km
Center Latitude 13.57 °
Center Longitude -96.18 °
Northmost Latitude 14.46 °
Southmost Latitude 12.76 °
Eastmost Longitude -95.29 °
Westmost Longitude -97.04 °
Diameter 51.55 km
Center Latitude 13.61 °
Center Longitude -96.16 °
Northmost Latitude 13.60 °
Southmost Latitude 13.60 °
Eastmost Longitude -96.10 °
Westmost Longitude -96.10 °
Diameter 50.00 km
Center Latitude 13.60 °
Center Longitude -96.10 °
Quad LAC-72 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent North America
Ethnicity American
Origin Charles Edward Kenneth; British-born American photographer (1882-1960).
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) Mees A
Mees J
Mees Y

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