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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Messala
Clean Name Messala
Feature ID 3868
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 41.34 °
Southmost Latitude 37.31 °
Eastmost Longitude 62.70 °
Westmost Longitude 57.49 °
Diameter 122.40 km
Center Latitude 39.31 °
Center Longitude 60.06 °
Northmost Latitude 41.33 °
Southmost Latitude 37.29 °
Eastmost Longitude 62.71 °
Westmost Longitude 57.50 °
Diameter 122.40 km
Center Latitude 39.29 °
Center Longitude 60.07 °
Northmost Latitude 39.30 °
Southmost Latitude 39.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 63.20 °
Westmost Longitude 57.90 °
Diameter 125.00 km
Center Latitude 39.20 °
Center Longitude 60.50 °
Quad LAC-28 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Jewish
Origin (Ma-Sa-Allah); Jewish astronomer (unkn- c. 815).
Reference [66] - Named Lunar Formations, by Mary A. Blagg and K. Müller: Percy Lund, Humphries and Co. Ltd., London, 1935.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Messala A
Messala B
Messala C
Messala D
Messala E
Messala F
Messala G
Messala J
Messala K

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