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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Airy-0
Clean Name Airy 0
Feature ID 115
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -5.04 °
Southmost Latitude -5.04 °
Eastmost Longitude 360.00 °
Westmost Longitude 360.00 °
Diameter 0.50 km
Center Latitude -5.04 °
Center Longitude 360.00 °
Northmost Latitude -5.04 °
Southmost Latitude -5.04 °
Eastmost Longitude 0.00 °
Westmost Longitude 0.00 °
Diameter 0.50 km
Center Latitude -5.04 °
Center Longitude 0.00 °
Northmost Latitude -5.07 °
Southmost Latitude -5.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 0.01 °
Westmost Longitude -0.01 °
Diameter 0.79 km
Center Latitude -5.07 °
Center Longitude 0.00 °
Northmost Latitude -5.07 °
Southmost Latitude -5.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 359.99 °
Westmost Longitude 360.01 °
Diameter 0.79 km
Center Latitude -5.07 °
Center Longitude 360.00 °
Quad mc20 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2003
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Great Britain
Origin Small crater within crater Airy that defines zero degrees longitude on Mars.
Reference [309] - Mariner 9 Areographic Coordinate System, by G. de Vaucoulers, M.E. Davies, and F.M. Sturms, Jr.: JGR, 78, 4395-4404, 1973.
Updated Dec 07, 2018 12:29 PM
Additional Information Defines zero degrees longitude on Mars.

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