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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Chryse Planitia
Clean Name Chryse Planitia
Feature ID 1203
Target Mars
Feature Type Planitia, planitiae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 37.67 °
Southmost Latitude 11.86 °
Eastmost Longitude 335.00 °
Westmost Longitude 305.00 °
Diameter 1700.00 km
Center Latitude 26.73 °
Center Longitude 320.00 °
Northmost Latitude 37.67 °
Southmost Latitude 11.86 °
Eastmost Longitude 25.00 °
Westmost Longitude 55.00 °
Diameter 1700.00 km
Center Latitude 26.73 °
Center Longitude 40.00 °
Northmost Latitude 39.61 °
Southmost Latitude 14.85 °
Eastmost Longitude 333.93 °
Westmost Longitude 305.23 °
Diameter 1542.44 km
Center Latitude 28.43 °
Center Longitude 319.69 °
Northmost Latitude 39.61 °
Southmost Latitude 14.85 °
Eastmost Longitude 26.07 °
Westmost Longitude 54.77 °
Diameter 1542.44 km
Center Latitude 28.43 °
Center Longitude 40.31 °
Quad mc11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Classical albedo feature name.
Reference [57] - Map of albedo features of Mars, (plates 2-5), in La Planéte Mars, by E.M. Antoniadi: Librairie Scientifique, Hermann et Cie., Paris, 1930.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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