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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Chrysas Mensa
Clean Name Chrysas Mensa
Feature ID 15538
Target Mars
Feature Type Mensa, mensae

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -6.32 °
Southmost Latitude -7.27 °
Eastmost Longitude 291.12 °
Westmost Longitude 288.33 °
Diameter 167.00 km
Center Latitude -6.77 °
Center Longitude 289.90 °
Northmost Latitude -6.32 °
Southmost Latitude -7.27 °
Eastmost Longitude 68.88 °
Westmost Longitude 71.67 °
Diameter 167.00 km
Center Latitude -6.77 °
Center Longitude 70.10 °
Quad mc18 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 02, 2017
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Classical albedo feature name, Chrysas.
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 Feb 02, 2017 9:54 AM

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