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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Syria Planum
Clean Name Syria Planum
Feature ID 5794
Target Mars
Feature Type Planum, plana

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -7.91 °
Southmost Latitude -16.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 262.50 °
Westmost Longitude 249.80 °
Diameter 740.00 km
Center Latitude -13.05 °
Center Longitude 256.10 °
Northmost Latitude -7.91 °
Southmost Latitude -16.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 97.50 °
Westmost Longitude 110.20 °
Diameter 740.00 km
Center Latitude -13.05 °
Center Longitude 103.90 °
Northmost Latitude -7.80 °
Southmost Latitude -16.84 °
Eastmost Longitude 262.45 °
Westmost Longitude 249.75 °
Diameter 735.74 km
Center Latitude -12.09 °
Center Longitude 256.10 °
Northmost Latitude -7.80 °
Southmost Latitude -16.84 °
Eastmost Longitude 97.55 °
Westmost Longitude 110.25 °
Diameter 735.74 km
Center Latitude -12.09 °
Center Longitude 103.90 °
Quad mc17 [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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