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International Astronomical Union: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Moon Nomenclature: Catena

See CATENA in the descriptor terms page for additional information.

 
 

NAME                LAT    LONG       DIAM  CT  ET  MAP     QUAD      AS    AD  REF  FT  ORIGIN

Catena Abulfeda   16.9S   17.2E      219.0  AS  SY  96      LAC        5  1976    0  CA  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Catena            26.0N  105.9E      134.0  UR  SO  3       LOC        5  1976    0  CA  Named from nearby                
Artamonov                                                                                crater.                            
Catena Brigitte   18.5N   27.5E        5.0  EU  FR  42C3    S2(10)     5  1976    0  CA  French female name.              
Catena Davy       11.0S    7.0W       50.0  EU  GB  77D1    S1         5  1976    0  CA  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Catena            19.0N  100.0E       80.0  EU  PO  3       LOC        5  1976    0  CA  Named from nearby                
Dziewulski                                                                               crater.                            
Catena Gregory     0.6S  129.9E      152.0  EU  SC  3       LOC        5  1976    0  CA  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Catena Humboldt   21.5S   84.6E      165.0  EU  GE  3       LOC        5  1976    0  CA  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Catena Krafft     15.0N   72.0W       60.0  EU  GE  1       LOC        5  1976    0  CA  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Catena            37.2N  136.3E      226.0  UR  SO  4       LOC        5  1976    0  CA  Named from nearby                
Kurchatov                                                                                crater.                            
Catena Leuschner   4.7N  110.1W      364.0  NA  AM  1       LOC        5  1979    0  CA  Named from nearby crater;        
(GDL)                                                                                    GDL=Gas Dynamics                   
                                                                                         Laboratory                         
Catena Littrow    22.2N   29.5E       10.0  EU  CZ  042C2   LTO        5  1985    0  CA  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Catena Lucretius   3.4S  126.1W      271.0  EU  RM  1       LOC        5  1979    0  CA  Named from nearby crater;        
(RNII)                                                                                   RNII=Rocket Research               
                                                                                         Institute.                         

NAME                LAT    LONG       DIAM  CT  ET  MAP     QUAD      AS    AD  REF  FT  ORIGIN

Catena             6.3N  139.4E      188.0  UR  RU  066D2   LTO        5  1976    0  CA  Named from nearby                
Mendeleev                                                                                crater.                            
Catena Michelson   1.4N  113.4W      456.0  EU  GE  1       LOC        5  1979    0  CA  Named from nearby crater;        
(GIRD)                                                                                   GIRD=Group for the Study           
                                                                                         of Reaction Motion.                
Catena Pierre     19.8N   31.8W        9.0  EU  FR  39C2    S1         5  1976    0  CA  French male name.                
Catena Sumner     37.3N  112.3E      247.0  NA  AM  3       LOC        5  1976    0  CA  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Catena            81.4N   86.2W      173.0  EU  GB  3       LMP        5  1976    0  CA  Named from nearby                
Sylvester                                                                                crater.                            
Catena             3.0N   48.0E      100.0  EU  RM  061C3   LTO        5  1985    0  CA  Named from nearby                
Taruntius                                                                                crater.                            
Catena            29.0N   13.0W       50.0  EU  GR  040B2   LTO        5  1985    0  CA  Named from nearby                
Timocharis                                                                               crater.                            
Catena Yuri       24.4N   30.4W        5.0  UR  RU  39B3    S1         5  1976    0  CA  Russian male name.               
 

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