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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Raman
Clean Name Raman
Feature ID 4935
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 27.12 °
Southmost Latitude 26.80 °
Eastmost Longitude -55.01 °
Westmost Longitude -55.30 °
Diameter 10.17 km
Center Latitude 26.96 °
Center Longitude -55.16 °
Northmost Latitude 27.12 °
Southmost Latitude 26.86 °
Eastmost Longitude -54.98 °
Westmost Longitude -55.27 °
Diameter 7.77 km
Center Latitude 26.99 °
Center Longitude -55.13 °
Northmost Latitude 27.00 °
Southmost Latitude 27.00 °
Eastmost Longitude -55.10 °
Westmost Longitude -55.10 °
Diameter 10.00 km
Center Latitude 27.00 °
Center Longitude -55.10 °
Quad LAC-38 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Asia
Ethnicity India
Origin Chandrasekhara Venkata; Indian physicist; Nobel laureate (1888-1970).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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