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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Gemina Lingula
Clean Name Gemina Lingula
Feature ID 14287
Target Mars
Feature Type Lingula, lingulae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 84.74 °
Southmost Latitude 78.22 °
Eastmost Longitude 360.00 °
Westmost Longitude 0.00 °
Diameter 865.00 km
Center Latitude 81.91 °
Center Longitude 5.00 °
Northmost Latitude 84.74 °
Southmost Latitude 78.22 °
Eastmost Longitude -0.00 °
Westmost Longitude 360.00 °
Diameter 865.00 km
Center Latitude 81.91 °
Center Longitude 355.00 °
Northmost Latitude 85.03 °
Southmost Latitude 78.54 °
Eastmost Longitude 49.60 °
Westmost Longitude 315.20 °
Diameter 772.89 km
Center Latitude 81.87 °
Center Longitude 2.59 °
Northmost Latitude 85.03 °
Southmost Latitude 78.54 °
Eastmost Longitude 310.40 °
Westmost Longitude 44.80 °
Diameter 772.89 km
Center Latitude 81.87 °
Center Longitude 357.41 °
Quad mc01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 30, 2007
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Classical albedo feature name.
Reference [71] - Mars and its Satellites, A Detailed Commentary on the Nomenclature, 2nd edition, by Jürgen Blunck: Exposition Press, Smithtown, New York, 1982.
Updated May 15, 2018 1:57 PM

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