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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Peters
Clean Name Peters
Feature ID 4670
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 68.31 °
Southmost Latitude 67.83 °
Eastmost Longitude 30.04 °
Westmost Longitude 28.74 °
Diameter 14.67 km
Center Latitude 68.07 °
Center Longitude 29.39 °
Northmost Latitude 68.10 °
Southmost Latitude 68.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 29.50 °
Westmost Longitude 29.50 °
Diameter 15.00 km
Center Latitude 68.10 °
Center Longitude 29.50 °
Northmost Latitude 68.32 °
Southmost Latitude 67.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 30.08 °
Westmost Longitude 28.70 °
Diameter 15.71 km
Center Latitude 68.06 °
Center Longitude 29.39 °
Quad LAC-4 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Christian August Friedrich; German astronomer (1806-1880).
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

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