Planetary Names

Basic Info

Feature Name	Alba Patera
Clean Name	Alba Patera
Feature ID	159
Target	Mars
Feature Type	Patera, paterae

Location

Control Network

Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	40.67 °
Southmost Latitude	38.67 °
Eastmost Longitude	251.39 °
Westmost Longitude	248.67 °
Diameter	136.00 km
Center Latitude	39.79 °
Center Longitude	250.18 °
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Northmost Latitude	40.67 °
Southmost Latitude	38.67 °
Eastmost Longitude	108.61 °
Westmost Longitude	111.33 °
Diameter	136.00 km
Center Latitude	39.79 °
Center Longitude	109.82 °
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Northmost Latitude	39.94 °
Southmost Latitude	39.14 °
Eastmost Longitude	251.55 °
Westmost Longitude	250.12 °
Diameter	65.98 km
Center Latitude	39.53 °
Center Longitude	250.82 °
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Northmost Latitude	39.94 °
Southmost Latitude	39.14 °
Eastmost Longitude	108.45 °
Westmost Longitude	109.88 °
Diameter	65.98 km
Center Latitude	39.53 °
Center Longitude	109.18 °
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Quad	mc03 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1973
Continent	Europe
Ethnicity	Latin
Origin	Classical albedo 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 19, 2007 12:02 PM
Additional Information	Size changed Sept. 19, 2007 to correspond only to the central depression.

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Basic Info

Location

Status and Origin

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