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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Cairns
Clean Name Cairns
Feature ID 961
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 23.65 °
Southmost Latitude 23.45 °
Eastmost Longitude 312.50 °
Westmost Longitude 312.40 °
Diameter 8.60 km
Center Latitude 23.55 °
Center Longitude 312.50 °
Northmost Latitude 23.65 °
Southmost Latitude 23.45 °
Eastmost Longitude 47.50 °
Westmost Longitude 47.60 °
Diameter 8.60 km
Center Latitude 23.55 °
Center Longitude 47.50 °
Northmost Latitude 23.64 °
Southmost Latitude 23.49 °
Eastmost Longitude 312.62 °
Westmost Longitude 312.46 °
Diameter 8.73 km
Center Latitude 23.56 °
Center Longitude 312.54 °
Northmost Latitude 23.64 °
Southmost Latitude 23.49 °
Eastmost Longitude 47.38 °
Westmost Longitude 47.54 °
Diameter 8.73 km
Center Latitude 23.56 °
Center Longitude 47.46 °
Quad mc10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Oceania
Ethnicity Australia
Origin Town in Australia.
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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