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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Amenthes Planum
Clean Name Amenthes Planum
Feature ID 228
Target Mars
Feature Type Planum, plana

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 8.90 °
Southmost Latitude -2.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 112.30 °
Westmost Longitude 99.00 °
Diameter 960.00 km
Center Latitude 3.16 °
Center Longitude 105.70 °
Northmost Latitude 8.90 °
Southmost Latitude -2.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 247.70 °
Westmost Longitude 261.00 °
Diameter 960.00 km
Center Latitude 3.16 °
Center Longitude 254.30 °
Northmost Latitude 9.20 °
Southmost Latitude -2.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 111.93 °
Westmost Longitude 99.09 °
Diameter 953.00 km
Center Latitude 3.40 °
Center Longitude 105.92 °
Northmost Latitude 9.20 °
Southmost Latitude -2.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 248.07 °
Westmost Longitude 260.91 °
Diameter 953.00 km
Center Latitude 3.40 °
Center Longitude 254.08 °
Quad mc14 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
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 Jun 06, 2018 2:10 PM

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