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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Caralis Chaos
Clean Name Caralis Chaos
Feature ID 15253
Target Mars
Feature Type Chaos, chaoses

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -36.54 °
Southmost Latitude -38.12 °
Eastmost Longitude 179.83 °
Westmost Longitude 177.64 °
Diameter 103.35 km
Center Latitude -37.20 °
Center Longitude 178.60 °
Northmost Latitude -36.54 °
Southmost Latitude -38.12 °
Eastmost Longitude 180.17 °
Westmost Longitude 182.36 °
Diameter 103.35 km
Center Latitude -37.20 °
Center Longitude 181.40 °
Quad mc29 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 22, 2014
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Turkey
Origin After Caralis Fons, classical albedo feature named after Caralis Lacus, now Beysehir Gölü, in Isauria (Asia Minor).
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, 2014 12:00 PM

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