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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Boscovich P
Clean Name Boscovich P
Feature ID 7862
Target Moon
Feature Type Satellite Feature

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 12.40 °
Southmost Latitude 10.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 10.93 °
Westmost Longitude 9.52 °
Diameter 64.82 km
Center Latitude 11.47 °
Center Longitude 10.31 °
Northmost Latitude 12.39 °
Southmost Latitude 10.53 °
Eastmost Longitude 10.98 °
Westmost Longitude 9.51 °
Diameter 64.82 km
Center Latitude 11.45 °
Center Longitude 10.27 °
Northmost Latitude 11.50 °
Southmost Latitude 11.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 10.30 °
Westmost Longitude 10.30 °
Diameter 67.00 km
Center Latitude 11.50 °
Center Longitude 10.30 °
Quad LAC-60 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Italy
Origin Rudjer J.; Italian physicist (1711-1787).
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
Parent Feature Boscovich

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