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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Biblis Patera
Clean Name Biblis Patera
Feature ID 737
Target Mars
Feature Type Patera, paterae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 2.64 °
Southmost Latitude 1.79 °
Eastmost Longitude 236.48 °
Westmost Longitude 235.63 °
Diameter 50.00 km
Center Latitude 2.23 °
Center Longitude 236.07 °
Northmost Latitude 2.64 °
Southmost Latitude 1.79 °
Eastmost Longitude 123.52 °
Westmost Longitude 124.37 °
Diameter 50.00 km
Center Latitude 2.23 °
Center Longitude 123.93 °
Northmost Latitude 2.81 °
Southmost Latitude 1.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 236.64 °
Westmost Longitude 235.73 °
Diameter 53.6451 km
Center Latitude 2.36 °
Center Longitude 236.18 °
Northmost Latitude 2.81 °
Southmost Latitude 1.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 123.36 °
Westmost Longitude 124.27 °
Diameter 53.6451 km
Center Latitude 2.36 °
Center Longitude 123.82 °
Quad mc09 [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 Sep 19, 2007 12:10 PM
Additional Information Size changed Spet. 19, 2007 to correspond only to the central depression.

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