Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
Planetary Names: Planitia, planitiae: Lagado Planitia on Phobos

Lagado Planitia

Feature Name Lagado Planitia
Clean Name Lagado Planitia
Feature ID 14867
Target Phobos
Feature Type Planitia, planitiae
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude 28.00 °
Southernmost Latitude 10.00 °
Easternmost Longitude 220.00 °
Westernmost Longitude 242.00 °
Diameter 4.00 km
Center Latitude 19.00 °
Center Longitude 231.00 °
Continent Europe
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country		 Ireland
Quad -
Reference [191] - Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, New York, 1967.
Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jul 28, 2011
Origin Fictional city in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, ruled by a tyrannical king from the flying island Laputa.
Last Updated Aug 01, 2011 9:17 AM
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