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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Playfair
Clean Name Playfair
Feature ID 4759
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -22.74 °
Southmost Latitude -24.38 °
Eastmost Longitude 9.34 °
Westmost Longitude 7.55 °
Diameter 49.88 km
Center Latitude -23.56 °
Center Longitude 8.45 °
Northmost Latitude -22.81 °
Southmost Latitude -24.34 °
Eastmost Longitude 9.20 °
Westmost Longitude 7.54 °
Diameter 46.27 km
Center Latitude -23.57 °
Center Longitude 8.37 °
Northmost Latitude -23.50 °
Southmost Latitude -23.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 8.40 °
Westmost Longitude 8.40 °
Diameter 47.00 km
Center Latitude -23.50 °
Center Longitude 8.40 °
Quad LAC-95 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Scotland
Origin John; Scottish mathematician, geologist (1748-1819).
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) Playfair A
Playfair B
Playfair C
Playfair E
Playfair F
Playfair H
Playfair J
Playfair K
Playfair G
Playfair D

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