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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Atrax Fossa
Clean Name Atrax Fossa
Feature ID 15243
Target Mars
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 38.37 °
Southmost Latitude 38.05 °
Eastmost Longitude 271.31 °
Westmost Longitude 270.70 °
Diameter 34.42 km
Center Latitude 38.19 °
Center Longitude 271.02 °
Northmost Latitude 38.37 °
Southmost Latitude 38.05 °
Eastmost Longitude 88.69 °
Westmost Longitude 89.30 °
Diameter 34.42 km
Center Latitude 38.19 °
Center Longitude 88.98 °
Quad mc03 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date May 30, 2014
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Classical town.
Reference [56] - Everymans Classical Atlas, by J. Oliver Thomson: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., London, 1963.
Updated May 30, 2014 1:07 PM
Additional Information Name changed from Atrax Dorsum May 30, 2014.

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