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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Noctis Tholus
Clean Name Noctis Tholus
Feature ID 15704
Target Mars
Feature Type Tholus, tholi

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -12.20 °
Southmost Latitude -12.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 261.90 °
Westmost Longitude 261.60 °
Diameter 18.00 km
Center Latitude -12.30 °
Center Longitude 261.80 °
Northmost Latitude -12.20 °
Southmost Latitude -12.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 98.10 °
Westmost Longitude 98.40 °
Diameter 18.00 km
Center Latitude -12.30 °
Center Longitude 98.20 °
Quad mc17 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 06, 2017
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Classical albedo feature name, Noctis Lacus.
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 Nov 06, 2017 4:01 PM

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