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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mellit
Clean Name Mellit
Feature ID 14330
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 7.31 °
Southmost Latitude 6.93 °
Eastmost Longitude 358.46 °
Westmost Longitude 358.08 °
Diameter 22.53 km
Center Latitude 7.12 °
Center Longitude 358.27 °
Northmost Latitude 7.31 °
Southmost Latitude 6.93 °
Eastmost Longitude 1.54 °
Westmost Longitude 1.92 °
Diameter 22.53 km
Center Latitude 7.12 °
Center Longitude 1.73 °
Northmost Latitude 7.23 °
Southmost Latitude 6.85 °
Eastmost Longitude 358.40 °
Westmost Longitude 358.00 °
Diameter 23.70 km
Center Latitude 7.03 °
Center Longitude 358.20 °
Northmost Latitude 7.23 °
Southmost Latitude 6.85 °
Eastmost Longitude 1.60 °
Westmost Longitude 2.00 °
Diameter 23.70 km
Center Latitude 7.03 °
Center Longitude 1.80 °
Quad mc11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 18, 2008
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Sudan
Origin Town in Sudan.
Reference [74] - The Times Atlas of the World, Comprehensive Edition: The Times of London in collaboration with John Bartholomew and Son Ltd., Edinburgh, 1971 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:59 AM

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