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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ulysses Tholus
Clean Name Ulysses Tholus
Feature ID 14311
Target Mars
Feature Type Tholus, tholi

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 3.76 °
Southmost Latitude 2.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 239.20 °
Westmost Longitude 237.50 °
Diameter 101.70 km
Center Latitude 2.87 °
Center Longitude 238.40 °
Northmost Latitude 3.76 °
Southmost Latitude 2.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 120.80 °
Westmost Longitude 122.50 °
Diameter 101.70 km
Center Latitude 2.87 °
Center Longitude 121.60 °
Northmost Latitude 3.83 °
Southmost Latitude 2.12 °
Eastmost Longitude 239.33 °
Westmost Longitude 237.65 °
Diameter 102.47 km
Center Latitude 2.96 °
Center Longitude 238.50 °
Northmost Latitude 3.83 °
Southmost Latitude 2.12 °
Eastmost Longitude 120.67 °
Westmost Longitude 122.35 °
Diameter 102.47 km
Center Latitude 2.96 °
Center Longitude 121.50 °
Quad mc09 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 19, 2007
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 Sep 19, 2007 11:56 AM
Additional Information Name introduced to represent the entire edifice. See the entry for Ulysses Patera.

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