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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Sasakan
Clean Name Sasakan
Feature ID 16181
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -14.12 °
Southmost Latitude -14.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 89.68 °
Westmost Longitude 89.19 °
Diameter 28.00 km
Center Latitude -14.37 °
Center Longitude 89.44 °
Northmost Latitude -14.12 °
Southmost Latitude -14.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 270.32 °
Westmost Longitude 270.81 °
Diameter 28.00 km
Center Latitude -14.37 °
Center Longitude 270.56 °
Quad mc21 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 07, 2023
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Indonesia
Origin Village in Indonesia.
Reference [349] - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency GEOnet Names Server (GNS). https://geonames.nga.mil/geonames/GNSHome/welcome.html
Updated Jul 12, 2023 4:55 PM

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