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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Timbuktu
Clean Name Timbuktu
Feature ID 6010
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -5.01 °
Southmost Latitude -6.11 °
Eastmost Longitude 323.04 °
Westmost Longitude 321.92 °
Diameter 65.68 km
Center Latitude -5.56 °
Center Longitude 322.48 °
Northmost Latitude -5.01 °
Southmost Latitude -6.11 °
Eastmost Longitude 36.96 °
Westmost Longitude 38.08 °
Diameter 65.68 km
Center Latitude -5.56 °
Center Longitude 37.52 °
Northmost Latitude -4.94 °
Southmost Latitude -6.13 °
Eastmost Longitude 323.00 °
Westmost Longitude 321.90 °
Diameter 73.00 km
Center Latitude -5.63 °
Center Longitude 322.40 °
Northmost Latitude -4.94 °
Southmost Latitude -6.13 °
Eastmost Longitude 37.00 °
Westmost Longitude 38.10 °
Diameter 73.00 km
Center Latitude -5.63 °
Center Longitude 37.60 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Mali
Origin Town in Mali.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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