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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Backlund
Clean Name Backlund
Feature ID 542
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -14.97 °
Southmost Latitude -17.46 °
Eastmost Longitude 104.64 °
Westmost Longitude 102.05 °
Diameter 75.46 km
Center Latitude -16.22 °
Center Longitude 103.35 °
Northmost Latitude -14.84 °
Southmost Latitude -17.33 °
Eastmost Longitude 104.63 °
Westmost Longitude 102.04 °
Diameter 75.46 km
Center Latitude -16.08 °
Center Longitude 103.33 °
Northmost Latitude -16.00 °
Southmost Latitude -16.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 103.00 °
Westmost Longitude 103.00 °
Diameter 75.00 km
Center Latitude -16.00 °
Center Longitude 103.00 °
Quad LAC-100 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Russia
Origin Jöns Oskar; Russian astronomer (1846-1916).
Reference [89] - Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Backlund P
Backlund R
Backlund S
Backlund E
Backlund L
Backlund N

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