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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Candor Colles
Clean Name Candor Colles
Feature ID 15034
Target Mars
Feature Type Collis, colles

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -6.57 °
Southmost Latitude -6.67 °
Eastmost Longitude 284.70 °
Westmost Longitude 284.06 °
Diameter 37.38 km
Center Latitude -6.63 °
Center Longitude 284.43 °
Northmost Latitude -6.57 °
Southmost Latitude -6.67 °
Eastmost Longitude 75.30 °
Westmost Longitude 75.94 °
Diameter 37.38 km
Center Latitude -6.63 °
Center Longitude 75.57 °
Quad mc18 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 18, 2012
Continent Europe
Culture Latin
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 Sep 18, 2012 9:25 AM

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