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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Alba Patera
Clean Name Alba Patera
Feature ID 159
Target Mars
Feature Type Patera, paterae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 40.67 °
Southmost Latitude 38.67 °
Eastmost Longitude 251.39 °
Westmost Longitude 248.67 °
Diameter 136.00 km
Center Latitude 39.79 °
Center Longitude 250.18 °
Northmost Latitude 40.67 °
Southmost Latitude 38.67 °
Eastmost Longitude 108.61 °
Westmost Longitude 111.33 °
Diameter 136.00 km
Center Latitude 39.79 °
Center Longitude 109.82 °
Northmost Latitude 39.94 °
Southmost Latitude 39.14 °
Eastmost Longitude 251.55 °
Westmost Longitude 250.12 °
Diameter 65.98 km
Center Latitude 39.53 °
Center Longitude 250.82 °
Northmost Latitude 39.94 °
Southmost Latitude 39.14 °
Eastmost Longitude 108.45 °
Westmost Longitude 109.88 °
Diameter 65.98 km
Center Latitude 39.53 °
Center Longitude 109.18 °
Quad mc03 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Classical albedo 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 Sep 19, 2007 12:02 PM
Additional Information Size changed Sept. 19, 2007 to correspond only to the central depression.

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