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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Bjerknes
Clean Name Bjerknes
Feature ID 759
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -37.72 °
Southmost Latitude -39.27 °
Eastmost Longitude 114.68 °
Westmost Longitude 112.71 °
Diameter 48.18 km
Center Latitude -38.50 °
Center Longitude 113.69 °
Northmost Latitude -38.06 °
Southmost Latitude -39.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 114.48 °
Westmost Longitude 112.51 °
Diameter 48.18 km
Center Latitude -38.83 °
Center Longitude 113.49 °
Northmost Latitude -38.40 °
Southmost Latitude -38.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 113.00 °
Westmost Longitude 113.00 °
Diameter 48.00 km
Center Latitude -38.40 °
Center Longitude 113.00 °
Quad LAC-117 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Norway
Origin Vilhelm Friman Koren; Norwegian physicist (1862-1951).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Bjerknes A
Bjerknes B
Bjerknes E

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