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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Cydnus Rupēs
Clean Name Cydnus Rupes
Feature ID 1363
Target Mars
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 67.76 °
Southmost Latitude 45.66 °
Eastmost Longitude 137.00 °
Westmost Longitude 95.00 °
Diameter 1600.00 km
Center Latitude 55.69 °
Center Longitude 116.00 °
Northmost Latitude 67.76 °
Southmost Latitude 45.66 °
Eastmost Longitude 223.00 °
Westmost Longitude 265.00 °
Diameter 1600.00 km
Center Latitude 55.69 °
Center Longitude 244.00 °
Northmost Latitude 67.34 °
Southmost Latitude 45.86 °
Eastmost Longitude 136.85 °
Westmost Longitude 94.98 °
Diameter 1550.81 km
Center Latitude 52.53 °
Center Longitude 112.21 °
Northmost Latitude 67.34 °
Southmost Latitude 45.86 °
Eastmost Longitude 223.15 °
Westmost Longitude 265.02 °
Diameter 1550.81 km
Center Latitude 52.53 °
Center Longitude 247.79 °
Quad mc06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin From albedo feature at 70N, 248W.
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 Aug 27, 2013 2:57 PM
Additional Information Changed from Cydnus Rupes to Cydnus Rupēs August 27, 2013.

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