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Planetary Names: Patera, paterae: Alba Patera on Mars

Alba Patera

Feature Name	Alba Patera
Clean Name	Alba Patera
Feature ID	159
Target	Mars
Feature Type	Patera, paterae
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	40.67 °
Southernmost Latitude	38.67 °
Easternmost Longitude	251.39 °
Westernmost Longitude	248.67 °
Diameter	136.00 km
Center Latitude	39.79 °
Center Longitude	250.18 °
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Northernmost Latitude	40.67 °
Southernmost Latitude	38.67 °
Easternmost Longitude	108.61 °
Westernmost Longitude	111.33 °
Diameter	136.00 km
Center Latitude	39.79 °
Center Longitude	109.82 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((251.39 38.6695646181, 248.67 38.6695646181, 248.67 40.6653345711, 251.39 40.6653345711, 251.39 38.6695646181)))
Northernmost Latitude	39.94 °
Southernmost Latitude	39.14 °
Easternmost Longitude	251.55 °
Westernmost Longitude	250.12 °
Diameter	65.98 km
Center Latitude	39.53 °
Center Longitude	250.82 °
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Northernmost Latitude	39.94 °
Southernmost Latitude	39.14 °
Easternmost Longitude	108.45 °
Westernmost Longitude	109.88 °
Diameter	65.98 km
Center Latitude	39.53 °
Center Longitude	109.18 °
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Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Latin
Quad	mc03 [pdf]
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.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1973
Origin	Classical albedo name.
Last Updated	Sep 19, 2007 12:02 PM
Additional Information	Size changed Sept. 19, 2007 to correspond only to the central depression.

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