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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ausonia Mensa
Clean Name Ausonia Mensa
Feature ID 481
Target Mars
Feature Type Mensa, mensae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -29.51 °
Southmost Latitude -30.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 98.60 °
Westmost Longitude 96.60 °
Diameter 103.00 km
Center Latitude -30.01 °
Center Longitude 97.70 °
Northmost Latitude -29.51 °
Southmost Latitude -30.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 261.40 °
Westmost Longitude 263.40 °
Diameter 103.00 km
Center Latitude -30.01 °
Center Longitude 262.30 °
Northmost Latitude -29.57 °
Southmost Latitude -30.55 °
Eastmost Longitude 98.70 °
Westmost Longitude 96.69 °
Diameter 102.51 km
Center Latitude -30.02 °
Center Longitude 97.72 °
Northmost Latitude -29.57 °
Southmost Latitude -30.55 °
Eastmost Longitude 261.30 °
Westmost Longitude 263.31 °
Diameter 102.51 km
Center Latitude -30.02 °
Center Longitude 262.28 °
Quad mc28 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin 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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