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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Deseado
Clean Name Deseado
Feature ID 1500
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -80.41 °
Southmost Latitude -80.82 °
Eastmost Longitude 71.60 °
Westmost Longitude 68.90 °
Diameter 27.00 km
Center Latitude -80.61 °
Center Longitude 70.20 °
Northmost Latitude -80.41 °
Southmost Latitude -80.82 °
Eastmost Longitude 288.40 °
Westmost Longitude 291.10 °
Diameter 27.00 km
Center Latitude -80.61 °
Center Longitude 289.80 °
Northmost Latitude -80.39 °
Southmost Latitude -80.85 °
Eastmost Longitude 71.69 °
Westmost Longitude 68.88 °
Diameter 27.00 km
Center Latitude -80.62 °
Center Longitude 70.29 °
Northmost Latitude -80.39 °
Southmost Latitude -80.85 °
Eastmost Longitude 288.31 °
Westmost Longitude 291.12 °
Diameter 27.00 km
Center Latitude -80.62 °
Center Longitude 289.71 °
Quad mc30 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent South and Central America
Ethnicity Argentina
Origin Town in Argentina.
Reference [74] - The Times Atlas of the World, Comprehensive Edition: The Times of London in collaboration with John Bartholomew and Son Ltd., Edinburgh, 1971 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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