Planetary Names

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

Planetary Names: Mensa, mensae: Capaneus Mensa on Io

Capaneus Mensa

Feature Name	Capaneus Mensa
Clean Name	Capaneus Mensa
Feature ID	1010
Target	Io
Feature Type	Mensa, mensae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	-12.18 °
Southernmost Latitude	-20.29 °
Easternmost Longitude	117.18 °
Westernmost Longitude	124.73 °
Diameter	291.49 km
Center Latitude	-16.46 °
Center Longitude	121.59 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((242.82 -12.17999999998175, 235.27 -12.17999999998175, 235.27 -20.28999999999119, 242.82 -20.28999999999119, 242.82 -12.17999999998175)))
Northernmost Latitude	-12.32 °
Southernmost Latitude	-20.24 °
Easternmost Longitude	117.32 °
Westernmost Longitude	124.69 °
Diameter	288.08 km
Center Latitude	-16.82 °
Center Longitude	121.40 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((240.9442768096924 -19.47000694274902, 240.6571407318115 -19.76399421691895, 240.1827449798584 -20.01052474975586, 239.658411026001 -20.1512279510498, 239.0342082977295 -20.24495887756348, 238.7345867156982 -20.1863842010498, 238.2227382659912 -19.98706245422363, 237.785795211792 -19.86969757080078, 237.4237575531006 -19.82272720336914, 236.9493618011475 -19.72874450683594, 236.7121639251709 -19.63470649719238, 236.512414932251 -19.70524024963379, 236.3001880645752 -19.81098175048828, 236.1004428863525 -19.72874450683594, 236.0005664825439 -19.63470649719238, 235.8382740020752 -19.31692123413086, 235.613561630249 -18.97490882873535, 235.5636234283447 -18.35988998413086, 235.4637508392334 -17.44516944885254, 235.401330947876 -16.64548301696777, 235.3763637542725 -16.05850982666016, 235.313943862915 -15.5900821685791, 235.4637508392334 -15.30128479003906, 235.7134342193604 -14.91560363769531, 236.2627353668213 -14.63796615600586, 236.5373859405518 -14.61380577087402, 237.8856678009033 -13.88781547546387, 238.3475818634033 -13.77871704101562, 238.8094921112061 -13.5725040435791, 239.2838878631592 -13.08659362792969, 239.5460567474365 -12.66063499450684, 239.7582836151123 -12.49004936218262, 240.2451648712158 -12.3193531036377, 241.5185451507568 -12.3193531036377, 241.693323135376 -12.42910003662109, 241.8930683135986 -12.64845275878906, 241.99294090271 -13.00146102905273, 242.3924312591553 -13.35396575927734, 242.4174022674561 -13.68169784545898, 242.6296291351318 -14.03319931030273, 242.6795673370361 -14.28739929199219, 242.6296291351318 -14.63796615600586, 242.5547275543213 -14.75872039794922, 242.2176532745361 -14.93972969055176, 241.9305210113525 -15.04825973510742, 241.5060596466064 -15.20493125915527, 241.3437671661377 -15.34944534301758, 241.2813472747803 -15.50589179992676, 240.9068241119385 -15.65019798278809, 240.6072063446045 -16.07050704956055, 240.6072063446045 -16.17844390869141, 240.9068241119385 -16.4061164855957, 241.443639755249 -16.74114799499512, 241.6558704376221 -16.95621490478516, 241.7682285308838 -17.3498649597168, 241.7682285308838 -17.58803176879883, 241.6808376312256 -17.76645088195801, 241.443639755249 -18.38358497619629, 241.3812198638916 -18.52569198608398, 241.2064418792725 -19.01032257080078, 240.9442768096924 -19.47000694274902)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Italy
Quad	-
Reference	[156] - The Inferno, by Dante Alighieri: Mentor Books, New York, 1954.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	2000
Origin	The great blasphemer in Dante's "The Inferno."
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

The boundaries shown on the maps above are approximate and are intended only to portray the locations of named features and their rough extents.
Get help using the map above.

Changes in the control network drop down are not reflected in the feature boundaries in the map above. Only the primary control network feature boundaries (in green) are displayed on the map.

Capaneus Mensa

PDF Maps of Io