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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Escorial
Clean Name Escorial
Feature ID 1844
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 77.08 °
Southmost Latitude 76.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 305.79 °
Westmost Longitude 304.13 °
Diameter 22.24 km
Center Latitude 76.89 °
Center Longitude 304.96 °
Northmost Latitude 77.08 °
Southmost Latitude 76.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 54.21 °
Westmost Longitude 55.87 °
Diameter 22.24 km
Center Latitude 76.89 °
Center Longitude 55.04 °
Northmost Latitude 76.95 °
Southmost Latitude 76.65 °
Eastmost Longitude 305.40 °
Westmost Longitude 303.70 °
Diameter 22.70 km
Center Latitude 76.85 °
Center Longitude 304.60 °
Northmost Latitude 76.95 °
Southmost Latitude 76.65 °
Eastmost Longitude 54.60 °
Westmost Longitude 56.30 °
Diameter 22.70 km
Center Latitude 76.85 °
Center Longitude 55.40 °
Quad mc01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Spain
Origin Town in Spain.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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