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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Caxias
Clean Name Caxias
Feature ID 1091
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -28.74 °
Southmost Latitude -29.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 259.57 °
Westmost Longitude 259.07 °
Diameter 25.88 km
Center Latitude -28.95 °
Center Longitude 259.32 °
Northmost Latitude -28.74 °
Southmost Latitude -29.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 100.43 °
Westmost Longitude 100.93 °
Diameter 25.88 km
Center Latitude -28.95 °
Center Longitude 100.68 °
Northmost Latitude -28.81 °
Southmost Latitude -29.21 °
Eastmost Longitude 259.50 °
Westmost Longitude 259.00 °
Diameter 25.40 km
Center Latitude -29.01 °
Center Longitude 259.20 °
Northmost Latitude -28.81 °
Southmost Latitude -29.21 °
Eastmost Longitude 100.50 °
Westmost Longitude 101.00 °
Diameter 25.40 km
Center Latitude -29.01 °
Center Longitude 100.80 °
Quad mc17 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent South and Central America
Ethnicity Brazil
Origin Town in Brazil.
Reference [74] - The Times Atlas of the World, Comprehensive Edition: The Times of London in collaboration with John Bartholomew and Son Ltd., Edinburgh, 1971 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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