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Measured / Computed

Catena Michelson (GIRD)

Catena (450.6 km) — Named from nearby crater; GIRD=Group for the Study of Reaction Motion.

Coordinates
-0.4422, -113.5812 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Catena
Feature type
Catena, catenae
Feature type code
CA
Diameter km
450.59839
Etymology
Named from nearby crater; GIRD=Group for the Study of Reaction Motion.
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1979
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1068
Clean name
Catena Michelson GIRD
Ethnicity
Germany
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-89

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