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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tenuis Mensa
Clean Name Tenuis Mensa
Feature ID 14160
Target Mars
Feature Type Mensa, mensae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 81.57 °
Southmost Latitude 80.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 273.40 °
Westmost Longitude 260.78 °
Diameter 120.92 km
Center Latitude 81.13 °
Center Longitude 267.04 °
Northmost Latitude 81.57 °
Southmost Latitude 80.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 86.60 °
Westmost Longitude 99.22 °
Diameter 120.92 km
Center Latitude 81.13 °
Center Longitude 92.96 °
Northmost Latitude 81.30 °
Southmost Latitude 80.39 °
Eastmost Longitude 272.00 °
Westmost Longitude 258.90 °
Diameter 130.00 km
Center Latitude 81.00 °
Center Longitude 266.16 °
Northmost Latitude 81.30 °
Southmost Latitude 80.39 °
Eastmost Longitude 88.00 °
Westmost Longitude 101.10 °
Diameter 130.00 km
Center Latitude 81.00 °
Center Longitude 93.84 °
Quad mc01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
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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