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All Bodies
Mercury Venus Moon
Martian System
All Martian Bodies
Mars(Planetographic Latitude with West Longitude)
Mars(Planetocentric Latitude with East Longitude)
Phobos
Deimos
 Asteroids
All Asteroid Bodies
Itokawa
Eros
Gaspra
Mathilde
Dactyl
Ida
Jovian System
All Jovian Bodies
Amalthea
Thebe
Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
Saturnian System
All Saturnian Bodies
Hyperion
Epimetheus
Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Janus
Iapetus
Phoebe
 Uranian System
All Uranian Bodies
Puck
Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon
 Neptunian System
All Neptunian Bodies
Proteus
Triton

Feature Name

Feature Type
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Albedo Feature Arcus, arcūs Astrum, astra Catena, catenae
Cavus, cavi Chaos Chasma, chasmata Colles
Corona, coronae Crater, craters Dorsum, dorsa Eruptive center
Facula, faculae Farrum, farra Flexus, flexūs Fluctus, fluctūs
Flumen, flumina Fossa, fossae Insula, insulae Labes, labēs
Labyrinthus, labyrinthi Lacus Landing site name Large ringed feature
Lenticula, lenticulae Linea, lineae Lingula, lingulae Macula, maculae
Mare, maria Mensa, mensae Mons, montes Oceanus
Palus, paludes Patera, paterae Planitia, planitiae Planum, plana
Plume Promontorium, promontoria Regio, regiones Reticulum, reticula
Rima, rimae Rupes, rupēs Satellite Feature Scopulus, scopuli
Sinus, sinūs Sulcus, sulci Terra, terrae Tessera, tesserae
Tholus, tholi Undae Vallis, valles Vastitas, vastitates
Virga, virgae

Diameter
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Less Than or Equal to KM

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West Longitude East Longitude
Northern Latitude of Window
Southern Latitude of Window
Western Longitude of Window
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The values returned by the search will be in the default coordinate reference system for each body, as described here:

  • Northern latitudes are positive numbers, southern latitudes are negative numbers.
  • The Moon longitude ranges are 0° to 180° for the eastern hemisphere, and 0° to -180° for western hemisphere.
  • Longitude increases to the east from 0° to 360° for Venus, Dactyl, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Trition, and Mars Planetocentric East.
  • Longitude increases to the west from 0° to 360° for all other bodies.

Approval Date Range
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Beginning Date -- YYYY-MM-DD
Ending Date -- YYYY-MM-DD
  • Valid years range from 1935 to 2008
  • Complete dates (with valid month and day values) range from 2006-09-13 to 2008-04-28

Approval Status
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ANY
5 - Adopted by IAU
6 - Dropped, disallowed
7 - Never approved by the IAU

Continent and Ethnicity
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Continent (use abbreviations)
Ethnicity (use abbreviations)

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