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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Apollinaris Patera
Clean Name Apollinaris Patera
Feature ID 323
Target Mars
Feature Type Patera, paterae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -7.81 °
Southmost Latitude -9.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 174.80 °
Westmost Longitude 173.40 °
Diameter 85.00 km
Center Latitude -8.50 °
Center Longitude 174.10 °
Northmost Latitude -7.81 °
Southmost Latitude -9.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 185.20 °
Westmost Longitude 186.60 °
Diameter 85.00 km
Center Latitude -8.50 °
Center Longitude 185.90 °
Northmost Latitude -7.92 °
Southmost Latitude -9.22 °
Eastmost Longitude 174.91 °
Westmost Longitude 173.43 °
Diameter 89.60 km
Center Latitude -8.57 °
Center Longitude 174.18 °
Northmost Latitude -7.92 °
Southmost Latitude -9.22 °
Eastmost Longitude 185.09 °
Westmost Longitude 186.57 °
Diameter 89.60 km
Center Latitude -8.57 °
Center Longitude 185.82 °
Quad mc23 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
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 27, 2008 1:07 PM
Additional Information Size changed Sept. 19, 2007 to correspond only to the central depression.

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