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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Shoemaker
Clean Name Shoemaker
Feature ID 5494
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -87.28 °
Southmost Latitude -88.99 °
Eastmost Longitude 73.65 °
Westmost Longitude 18.17 °
Diameter 51.82 km
Center Latitude -88.14 °
Center Longitude 45.91 °
Northmost Latitude -87.23 °
Southmost Latitude -88.82 °
Eastmost Longitude 63.25 °
Westmost Longitude 14.99 °
Diameter 48.33 km
Center Latitude -88.03 °
Center Longitude 39.85 °
Northmost Latitude -88.10 °
Southmost Latitude -88.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 44.90 °
Westmost Longitude 44.90 °
Diameter 50.90 km
Center Latitude -88.10 °
Center Longitude 44.90 °
Quad LAC-144 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2000
Continent North America
Ethnicity American
Origin Eugene Merle; American astrogeologist (1928-1997).
Reference [20] - American Men and Women of Science: R.R. Bowker, New York, 1982, 1989, 1994.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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