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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Cangwu
Clean Name Cangwu
Feature ID 1003
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 41.96 °
Southmost Latitude 41.66 °
Eastmost Longitude 270.40 °
Westmost Longitude 270.10 °
Diameter 14.00 km
Center Latitude 41.86 °
Center Longitude 270.30 °
Northmost Latitude 41.96 °
Southmost Latitude 41.66 °
Eastmost Longitude 89.60 °
Westmost Longitude 89.90 °
Diameter 14.00 km
Center Latitude 41.86 °
Center Longitude 89.70 °
Northmost Latitude 41.96 °
Southmost Latitude 41.73 °
Eastmost Longitude 270.57 °
Westmost Longitude 270.26 °
Diameter 13.6385 km
Center Latitude 41.85 °
Center Longitude 270.41 °
Northmost Latitude 41.96 °
Southmost Latitude 41.73 °
Eastmost Longitude 89.43 °
Westmost Longitude 89.74 °
Diameter 13.6385 km
Center Latitude 41.85 °
Center Longitude 89.59 °
Quad mc03 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent Asia
Ethnicity China
Origin Town in China.
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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