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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Cyane Fossae
Clean Name Cyane Fossae
Feature ID 1358
Target Mars
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 38.67 °
Southmost Latitude 23.35 °
Eastmost Longitude 245.00 °
Westmost Longitude 233.90 °
Diameter 938.00 km
Center Latitude 32.19 °
Center Longitude 239.90 °
Northmost Latitude 38.67 °
Southmost Latitude 23.35 °
Eastmost Longitude 115.00 °
Westmost Longitude 126.10 °
Diameter 938.00 km
Center Latitude 32.19 °
Center Longitude 120.10 °
Northmost Latitude 38.96 °
Southmost Latitude 23.52 °
Eastmost Longitude 245.19 °
Westmost Longitude 233.97 °
Diameter 913.17 km
Center Latitude 31.25 °
Center Longitude 238.83 °
Northmost Latitude 38.96 °
Southmost Latitude 23.52 °
Eastmost Longitude 114.81 °
Westmost Longitude 126.03 °
Diameter 913.17 km
Center Latitude 31.25 °
Center Longitude 121.17 °
Quad mc02 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Classical albedo feature name.
Reference [57] - Map of albedo features of Mars, (plates 2-5), in La Planéte Mars, by E.M. Antoniadi: Librairie Scientifique, Hermann et Cie., Paris, 1930.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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