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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rupes Tenuis
Clean Name Rupes Tenuis
Feature ID 5231
Target Mars
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 82.92 °
Southmost Latitude 80.89 °
Eastmost Longitude 300.00 °
Westmost Longitude 245.00 °
Diameter 650.00 km
Center Latitude 81.91 °
Center Longitude 270.00 °
Northmost Latitude 82.92 °
Southmost Latitude 80.89 °
Eastmost Longitude 60.00 °
Westmost Longitude 115.00 °
Diameter 650.00 km
Center Latitude 81.91 °
Center Longitude 90.00 °
Northmost Latitude 82.62 °
Southmost Latitude 80.64 °
Eastmost Longitude 300.77 °
Westmost Longitude 242.12 °
Diameter 669.03 km
Center Latitude 81.60 °
Center Longitude 274.53 °
Northmost Latitude 82.62 °
Southmost Latitude 80.64 °
Eastmost Longitude 59.23 °
Westmost Longitude 117.88 °
Diameter 669.03 km
Center Latitude 81.60 °
Center Longitude 85.47 °
Quad mc01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1988
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
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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