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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Amenthes Fossae
Clean Name Amenthes Fossae
Feature ID 227
Target Mars
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 13.45 °
Southmost Latitude 2.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 107.70 °
Westmost Longitude 96.70 °
Diameter 889.00 km
Center Latitude 8.70 °
Center Longitude 101.80 °
Northmost Latitude 13.45 °
Southmost Latitude 2.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 252.30 °
Westmost Longitude 263.30 °
Diameter 889.00 km
Center Latitude 8.70 °
Center Longitude 258.20 °
Northmost Latitude 13.73 °
Southmost Latitude 2.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 107.28 °
Westmost Longitude 96.97 °
Diameter 850.00 km
Center Latitude 9.07 °
Center Longitude 102.68 °
Northmost Latitude 13.73 °
Southmost Latitude 2.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 252.72 °
Westmost Longitude 263.03 °
Diameter 850.00 km
Center Latitude 9.07 °
Center Longitude 257.32 °
Quad mc14 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Egypt
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 Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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