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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Neison
Clean Name Neison
Feature ID 4196
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 69.05 °
Southmost Latitude 67.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 27.30 °
Westmost Longitude 22.75 °
Diameter 51.03 km
Center Latitude 68.21 °
Center Longitude 25.02 °
Northmost Latitude 69.05 °
Southmost Latitude 67.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 27.27 °
Westmost Longitude 22.72 °
Diameter 51.03 km
Center Latitude 68.21 °
Center Longitude 24.99 °
Northmost Latitude 68.30 °
Southmost Latitude 68.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 25.10 °
Westmost Longitude 25.10 °
Diameter 53.00 km
Center Latitude 68.30 °
Center Longitude 25.10 °
Quad LAC-4 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Great Britain
Origin (Neville), Edmund; British astronomer, selenographer (1849-1940).
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) Neison B
Neison A
Neison C
Neison D

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