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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Margulis on Mars

Margulis

Feature Name	Margulis
Clean Name	Margulis
Feature ID	15983
Target	Mars
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	MDIM 2.1
Northernmost Latitude	-21.70 °
Southernmost Latitude	-24.62 °
Easternmost Longitude	10.15 °
Westernmost Longitude	6.82 °
Diameter	180.00 km
Center Latitude	-23.16 °
Center Longitude	8.49 °
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Northernmost Latitude	-21.70 °
Southernmost Latitude	-24.62 °
Easternmost Longitude	349.85 °
Westernmost Longitude	353.18 °
Diameter	180.00 km
Center Latitude	-23.16 °
Center Longitude	351.51 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((9.224118679761901 -21.864166259766, 9.608640164136901 -22.017974853516, 9.894284695386901 -22.413482666016, 10.037106961012 -22.852935791016, 10.059079617262 -23.347320556641, 9.982175320386901 -23.632965087891, 9.762448757886901 -23.973541259766, 9.443845242261901 -24.369049072266, 9.125241726636901 -24.555816650391, 8.696774929761901 -24.566802978516, 8.246335476636901 -24.489898681641, 7.7519507110119 -24.325103759766, 7.3344702422619 -24.127349853516, 7.0268530547619 -23.841705322266, 6.8620581328869 -23.435211181641, 6.8290991485119 -22.984771728516, 6.9829077422619 -22.567291259766, 7.1147436797619 -22.325592041016, 7.3344702422619 -22.039947509766, 7.7739233672619 -21.842193603516, 8.202390164136901 -21.721343994141, 8.520993679761901 -21.710357666016, 8.894528836011901 -21.743316650391, 9.224118679761901 -21.864166259766))
Continent	North America
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	United States
Quad	mc20 [pdf]
Reference	[617] - Lynn Margulis, American Biologist, Britannica online: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lynn-Margulis
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 21, 2021
Origin	Lynn; evolutionary biologist (1938-2011).
Last Updated	Apr 22, 2021 5:44 PM

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