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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nili Fossae
Clean Name Nili Fossae
Feature ID 4271
Target Mars
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 27.12 °
Southmost Latitude 17.01 °
Eastmost Longitude 81.70 °
Westmost Longitude 72.10 °
Diameter 667.00 km
Center Latitude 22.56 °
Center Longitude 76.80 °
Northmost Latitude 27.12 °
Southmost Latitude 17.01 °
Eastmost Longitude 278.30 °
Westmost Longitude 287.90 °
Diameter 667.00 km
Center Latitude 22.56 °
Center Longitude 283.20 °
Northmost Latitude 27.11 °
Southmost Latitude 16.97 °
Eastmost Longitude 81.32 °
Westmost Longitude 72.14 °
Diameter 727.91 km
Center Latitude 22.02 °
Center Longitude 76.69 °
Northmost Latitude 27.11 °
Southmost Latitude 16.97 °
Eastmost Longitude 278.68 °
Westmost Longitude 287.86 °
Diameter 727.91 km
Center Latitude 22.02 °
Center Longitude 283.31 °
Quad mc13 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
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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