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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nili Tholus
Clean Name Nili Tholus
Feature ID 15241
Target Mars
Feature Type Tholus, tholi

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 9.20 °
Southmost Latitude 9.09 °
Eastmost Longitude 67.40 °
Westmost Longitude 67.30 °
Diameter 7.00 km
Center Latitude 9.15 °
Center Longitude 67.35 °
Northmost Latitude 9.20 °
Southmost Latitude 9.09 °
Eastmost Longitude 292.60 °
Westmost Longitude 292.70 °
Diameter 7.00 km
Center Latitude 9.15 °
Center Longitude 292.65 °
Quad mc13 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date May 09, 2014
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 May 09, 2014 9:12 AM

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