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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Salkhad
Clean Name Salkhad
Feature ID 15760
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -29.50 °
Southmost Latitude -30.19 °
Eastmost Longitude 84.12 °
Westmost Longitude 83.31 °
Diameter 42.00 km
Center Latitude -29.85 °
Center Longitude 83.69 °
Northmost Latitude -29.50 °
Southmost Latitude -30.19 °
Eastmost Longitude 275.88 °
Westmost Longitude 276.69 °
Diameter 42.00 km
Center Latitude -29.85 °
Center Longitude 276.31 °
Quad mc21 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jun 01, 2018
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Syria
Origin Town in Syria.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Jun 01, 2018 12:09 PM

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