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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nat Cavus
Clean Name Nat Cavus
Feature ID 15700
Target Mars
Feature Type Cavus, cavi

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -11.70 °
Southmost Latitude -12.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 263.50 °
Westmost Longitude 262.80 °
Diameter 40.40 km
Center Latitude -11.90 °
Center Longitude 263.10 °
Northmost Latitude -11.70 °
Southmost Latitude -12.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 96.50 °
Westmost Longitude 97.20 °
Diameter 40.40 km
Center Latitude -11.90 °
Center Longitude 96.90 °
Quad mc17 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 06, 2017
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Denmark
Origin Danish word for night.
Reference [447] - Danish-English, English-Danish Dictionary, by Marianne Holmen: Hippocrene Books, 1990.
Updated Nov 06, 2017 3:48 PM

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