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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Buta
Clean Name Buta
Feature ID 931
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -23.15 °
Southmost Latitude -23.35 °
Eastmost Longitude 327.60 °
Westmost Longitude 327.40 °
Diameter 11.00 km
Center Latitude -23.25 °
Center Longitude 327.50 °
Northmost Latitude -23.15 °
Southmost Latitude -23.35 °
Eastmost Longitude 32.40 °
Westmost Longitude 32.60 °
Diameter 11.00 km
Center Latitude -23.25 °
Center Longitude 32.50 °
Northmost Latitude -23.15 °
Southmost Latitude -23.34 °
Eastmost Longitude 327.69 °
Westmost Longitude 327.49 °
Diameter 11.27 km
Center Latitude -23.25 °
Center Longitude 327.59 °
Northmost Latitude -23.15 °
Southmost Latitude -23.34 °
Eastmost Longitude 32.31 °
Westmost Longitude 32.51 °
Diameter 11.27 km
Center Latitude -23.25 °
Center Longitude 32.41 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Africa
Culture Zaire
Origin Town in Zaire.
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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