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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Townsend Dorsum

Basic Info

Feature Name Townsend Dorsum
Clean Name Townsend Dorsum
Feature ID 6071
Target Ida
Feature Type Dorsum, dorsa

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 25.00 °
Southmost Latitude 25.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 30.00 °
Westmost Longitude 30.00 °
Diameter 40.00 km
Center Latitude 25.00 °
Center Longitude 30.00 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1997
Continent North America
Ethnicity American
Origin Tim E.; Galileo imaging team member (d. 1989).
Reference [117] - The Galileo Solid-State Imaging Experiment, by Michael J.S. Belton and others: Space Science Reviews, vol. 60, 1992.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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