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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Dessau
Clean Name Dessau
Feature ID 1504
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -42.66 °
Southmost Latitude -42.86 °
Eastmost Longitude 306.90 °
Westmost Longitude 306.70 °
Diameter 10.20 km
Center Latitude -42.76 °
Center Longitude 306.80 °
Northmost Latitude -42.66 °
Southmost Latitude -42.86 °
Eastmost Longitude 53.10 °
Westmost Longitude 53.30 °
Diameter 10.20 km
Center Latitude -42.76 °
Center Longitude 53.20 °
Northmost Latitude -42.68 °
Southmost Latitude -42.84 °
Eastmost Longitude 306.99 °
Westmost Longitude 306.76 °
Diameter 9.95 km
Center Latitude -42.76 °
Center Longitude 306.87 °
Northmost Latitude -42.68 °
Southmost Latitude -42.84 °
Eastmost Longitude 53.01 °
Westmost Longitude 53.24 °
Diameter 9.95 km
Center Latitude -42.76 °
Center Longitude 53.13 °
Quad mc26 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Town in Germany.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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