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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Hiddekel Cavus
Clean Name Hiddekel Cavus
Feature ID 15482
Target Mars
Feature Type Cavus, cavi

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 29.62 °
Southmost Latitude 29.22 °
Eastmost Longitude 16.48 °
Westmost Longitude 16.02 °
Diameter 23.30 km
Center Latitude 29.43 °
Center Longitude 16.24 °
Northmost Latitude 29.62 °
Southmost Latitude 29.22 °
Eastmost Longitude 343.52 °
Westmost Longitude 343.98 °
Diameter 23.30 km
Center Latitude 29.43 °
Center Longitude 343.76 °
Quad mc12 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date May 17, 2016
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Babylon
Origin Classical albedo feature name, Hiddekel.
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 17, 2016 10:22 AM

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