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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tikhomirov
Clean Name Tikhomirov
Feature ID 6000
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 25.62 °
Southmost Latitude 22.78 °
Eastmost Longitude 162.69 °
Westmost Longitude 160.06 °
Diameter 86.43 km
Center Latitude 24.20 °
Center Longitude 161.33 °
Northmost Latitude 25.62 °
Southmost Latitude 22.78 °
Eastmost Longitude 162.69 °
Westmost Longitude 160.06 °
Diameter 86.43 km
Center Latitude 24.20 °
Center Longitude 161.33 °
Northmost Latitude 25.20 °
Southmost Latitude 25.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 162.00 °
Westmost Longitude 162.00 °
Diameter 65.00 km
Center Latitude 25.20 °
Center Longitude 162.00 °
Quad LAC-49 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Soviet
Origin Nikolaj Ivanovich; Soviet chemical engineer (1860-1930).
Reference [176] - The Great Soviet Encyclopedia: Translation of the Third Edition: Macmillan, Inc., New York, 1975.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Tikhomirov J
Tikhomirov K
Tikhomirov N
Tikhomirov R
Tikhomirov T
Tikhomirov X
Tikhomirov Y

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