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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tiselius
Clean Name Tiselius
Feature ID 6027
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 7.78 °
Southmost Latitude 6.01 °
Eastmost Longitude 177.54 °
Westmost Longitude 175.87 °
Diameter 53.75 km
Center Latitude 6.89 °
Center Longitude 176.70 °
Northmost Latitude 7.69 °
Southmost Latitude 6.02 °
Eastmost Longitude 177.68 °
Westmost Longitude 176.00 °
Diameter 50.54 km
Center Latitude 6.86 °
Center Longitude 176.84 °
Northmost Latitude 7.00 °
Southmost Latitude 7.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 176.50 °
Westmost Longitude 176.50 °
Diameter 53.00 km
Center Latitude 7.00 °
Center Longitude 176.50 °
Quad LAC-68 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Sweden
Origin Arne Wilhelm Kaurin; Swedish biochemist; Nobel laureate (1902-1971).
Reference -
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Tiselius L
Tiselius E

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