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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Meton
Clean Name Meton
Feature ID 3874
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 75.72 °
Southmost Latitude 71.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 27.14 °
Westmost Longitude 12.32 °
Diameter 124.70 km
Center Latitude 73.57 °
Center Longitude 19.63 °
Northmost Latitude 75.62 °
Southmost Latitude 71.51 °
Eastmost Longitude 26.69 °
Westmost Longitude 11.96 °
Diameter 124.70 km
Center Latitude 73.44 °
Center Longitude 19.20 °
Northmost Latitude 73.80 °
Southmost Latitude 73.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 25.90 °
Westmost Longitude 11.70 °
Diameter 130.00 km
Center Latitude 73.60 °
Center Longitude 18.80 °
Quad LAC-4 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Greek astronomer (unkn-fl. 432 B.C.).
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) Meton W
Meton A
Meton B
Meton C
Meton E
Meton F
Meton G
Meton D

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