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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Posidonius
Clean Name Posidonius
Feature ID 4808
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 33.45 °
Southmost Latitude 30.31 °
Eastmost Longitude 31.84 °
Westmost Longitude 28.15 °
Diameter 95.06 km
Center Latitude 31.88 °
Center Longitude 29.99 °
Northmost Latitude 33.38 °
Southmost Latitude 30.23 °
Eastmost Longitude 31.91 °
Westmost Longitude 28.00 °
Diameter 100.75 km
Center Latitude 31.89 °
Center Longitude 29.96 °
Northmost Latitude 31.80 °
Southmost Latitude 31.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 29.90 °
Westmost Longitude 29.90 °
Diameter 95.00 km
Center Latitude 31.80 °
Center Longitude 29.90 °
Quad LAC-42 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Of Apamea; Greek geographer (135(?)-51(?) 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) Posidonius C
Posidonius A
Posidonius B
Posidonius E
Posidonius F
Posidonius G
Posidonius J
Posidonius M
Posidonius N
Posidonius P
Posidonius W
Posidonius Y
Posidonius Z

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