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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Beketov
Clean Name Beketov
Feature ID 666
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 16.30 °
Southmost Latitude 16.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 29.20 °
Westmost Longitude 29.20 °
Diameter 8.00 km
Center Latitude 16.30 °
Center Longitude 29.20 °
Northmost Latitude 16.37 °
Southmost Latitude 16.09 °
Eastmost Longitude 29.32 °
Westmost Longitude 29.03 °
Diameter 8.30 km
Center Latitude 16.23 °
Center Longitude 29.18 °
Northmost Latitude 16.36 °
Southmost Latitude 16.09 °
Eastmost Longitude 29.32 °
Westmost Longitude 29.04 °
Diameter 8.30 km
Center Latitude 16.23 °
Center Longitude 29.18 °
Quad LAC-42 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Russia
Origin Nikolai Nikolaevich; Russian chemist (1827-1911).
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

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