Globe · Lunar Compendium
■ Measured / ComputedPlanitia Descensus
Planitia — Luna 9 landing site ("plain of descent").
- Coordinates
- 7.1803, -64.1544 (positive-east)
- Descriptor
- Planitia
- Feature type
- Planitia, planitiae
- Feature type code
- PL
- Diameter km
- 0
- Etymology
- Luna 9 landing site ("plain of descent").
- Iau approval status
- Adopted by IAU
- Iau approval year
- 1970
- Iau reference
- http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4750
- Clean name
- Planitia Descensus
- Ethnicity
- Latin
- Continent
- Europe
- Quad
- LAC-56
Primary source