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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Chafe
Clean Name Chafe
Feature ID 1119
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 15.13 °
Southmost Latitude 15.03 °
Eastmost Longitude 102.40 °
Westmost Longitude 102.30 °
Diameter 4.80 km
Center Latitude 15.13 °
Center Longitude 102.30 °
Northmost Latitude 15.13 °
Southmost Latitude 15.03 °
Eastmost Longitude 257.60 °
Westmost Longitude 257.70 °
Diameter 4.80 km
Center Latitude 15.13 °
Center Longitude 257.70 °
Northmost Latitude 15.14 °
Southmost Latitude 15.06 °
Eastmost Longitude 102.45 °
Westmost Longitude 102.37 °
Diameter 4.67 km
Center Latitude 15.10 °
Center Longitude 102.41 °
Northmost Latitude 15.14 °
Southmost Latitude 15.06 °
Eastmost Longitude 257.55 °
Westmost Longitude 257.63 °
Diameter 4.67 km
Center Latitude 15.10 °
Center Longitude 257.59 °
Quad mc14 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1988
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Nigeria
Origin Town in Nigeria.
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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