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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Uranius Patera
Clean Name Uranius Patera
Feature ID 6237
Target Mars
Feature Type Patera, paterae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 26.79 °
Southmost Latitude 25.19 °
Eastmost Longitude 268.05 °
Westmost Longitude 266.11 °
Diameter 114.00 km
Center Latitude 25.96 °
Center Longitude 267.00 °
Northmost Latitude 26.79 °
Southmost Latitude 25.19 °
Eastmost Longitude 91.95 °
Westmost Longitude 93.89 °
Diameter 114.00 km
Center Latitude 25.96 °
Center Longitude 93.00 °
Northmost Latitude 27.11 °
Southmost Latitude 25.49 °
Eastmost Longitude 268.16 °
Westmost Longitude 266.20 °
Diameter 114.00 km
Center Latitude 26.32 °
Center Longitude 267.20 °
Northmost Latitude 27.11 °
Southmost Latitude 25.49 °
Eastmost Longitude 91.84 °
Westmost Longitude 93.80 °
Diameter 114.00 km
Center Latitude 26.32 °
Center Longitude 92.80 °
Quad mc09 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
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 Sep 19, 2007 12:17 PM
Additional Information Size changed Sept. 19, 2007 to correspond only to the central depression.

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