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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Planum Australe
Clean Name Planum Australe
Feature ID 4753
Target Mars
Feature Type Planum, plana

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -71.73 °
Southmost Latitude -90.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 360.00 °
Westmost Longitude 0.00 °
Diameter 1429.87 km
Center Latitude -83.35 °
Center Longitude 157.70 °
Northmost Latitude -71.73 °
Southmost Latitude -90.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 0.00 °
Westmost Longitude 360.00 °
Diameter 1429.87 km
Center Latitude -83.35 °
Center Longitude 202.30 °
Northmost Latitude -71.80 °
Southmost Latitude -90.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 360.00 °
Westmost Longitude 0.00 °
Diameter 1450.00 km
Center Latitude -83.93 °
Center Longitude 160.00 °
Northmost Latitude -71.80 °
Southmost Latitude -90.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 0.00 °
Westmost Longitude 360.00 °
Diameter 1450.00 km
Center Latitude -83.93 °
Center Longitude 200.00 °
Quad mc30 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Classical albedo feature.
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 07, 2018 2:45 PM

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