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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nili Planum
Clean Name Nili Planum
Feature ID 15880
Target Mars
Feature Type Planum, plana

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 19.70 °
Southmost Latitude 17.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 77.90 °
Westmost Longitude 76.30 °
Diameter 128.55 km
Center Latitude 18.60 °
Center Longitude 77.10 °
Northmost Latitude 19.70 °
Southmost Latitude 17.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 282.10 °
Westmost Longitude 283.70 °
Diameter 128.55 km
Center Latitude 18.60 °
Center Longitude 282.90 °
Quad mc13 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 17, 2020
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Classical albedo feature name.
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 Jan 17, 2020 12:34 PM

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