Globe · Lunar Compendium
■ Measured / ComputedDorsa Whiston
Dorsum (138.9 km) — William; British mathematician, astronomer (1667-1752).
- Coordinates
- 29.7664, -56.9618 (positive-east)
- Descriptor
- Dorsum
- Feature type
- Dorsum, dorsa
- Feature type code
- DO
- Diameter km
- 138.93051
- Etymology
- William; British mathematician, astronomer (1667-1752).
- Iau approval status
- Adopted by IAU
- Iau approval year
- 1976
- Iau reference
- http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1604
- Clean name
- Dorsa Whiston
- Ethnicity
- Great Britain
- Continent
- Europe
- Quad
- LAC-38
Primary source