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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Schwabe
Clean Name Schwabe
Feature ID 5388
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 65.52 °
Southmost Latitude 64.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 46.48 °
Westmost Longitude 44.48 °
Diameter 25.47 km
Center Latitude 65.10 °
Center Longitude 45.48 °
Northmost Latitude 65.10 °
Southmost Latitude 65.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 45.60 °
Westmost Longitude 45.60 °
Diameter 25.00 km
Center Latitude 65.10 °
Center Longitude 45.60 °
Northmost Latitude 65.52 °
Southmost Latitude 64.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 46.44 °
Westmost Longitude 44.45 °
Diameter 25.47 km
Center Latitude 65.10 °
Center Longitude 45.44 °
Quad LAC-4 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Samuel Heinrich; German astronomer (1789-1875).
Reference [159] - Random House Webster's Dictionary of Scientists: Random House, New York, 1996.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Schwabe U
Schwabe C
Schwabe D
Schwabe E
Schwabe F
Schwabe G
Schwabe K
Schwabe W
Schwabe X

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