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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Balch
Clean Name Balch
Feature ID 572
Target Venus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 29.90 °
Southmost Latitude 29.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 282.90 °
Westmost Longitude 282.90 °
Diameter 40.00 km
Center Latitude 29.90 °
Center Longitude 282.90 °
Quad v17 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1994
Continent North America
Ethnicity American
Origin Emily; American economist, Nobel laureate (1867-1961).
Reference [99] - Index to Women of the World, by N.O. Ireland: F.W. Faxon Co., Westwood, Mass., 1988 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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