Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Eridania Planitia
Clean Name Eridania Planitia
Feature ID 14779
Target Mars
Feature Type Planitia, planitiae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -32.65 °
Southmost Latitude -43.97 °
Eastmost Longitude 133.12 °
Westmost Longitude 111.03 °
Diameter 1062.13 km
Center Latitude -38.15 °
Center Longitude 122.21 °
Quad mc29 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 22, 2010
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
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 22, 2010 8:55 AM

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