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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Heimdal
Clean Name Heimdal
Feature ID 14448
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 68.42 °
Southmost Latitude 68.24 °
Eastmost Longitude 235.69 °
Westmost Longitude 235.21 °
Diameter 10.49 km
Center Latitude 68.33 °
Center Longitude 235.44 °
Northmost Latitude 68.42 °
Southmost Latitude 68.24 °
Eastmost Longitude 124.31 °
Westmost Longitude 124.79 °
Diameter 10.49 km
Center Latitude 68.33 °
Center Longitude 124.56 °
Northmost Latitude 68.38 °
Southmost Latitude 68.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 235.49 °
Westmost Longitude 235.04 °
Diameter 11.50 km
Center Latitude 68.29 °
Center Longitude 235.27 °
Northmost Latitude 68.38 °
Southmost Latitude 68.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 124.51 °
Westmost Longitude 124.96 °
Diameter 11.50 km
Center Latitude 68.29 °
Center Longitude 124.73 °
Quad mc01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jul 16, 2008
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Norway
Origin Town in Norway.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:59 AM

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