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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ilgenfritz
Clean Name Ilgenfritz
Feature ID 16516
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -44.07 °
Southmost Latitude -44.93 °
Eastmost Longitude 138.10 °
Westmost Longitude 136.80 °
Diameter 55.00 km
Center Latitude -44.50 °
Center Longitude 137.45 °
Northmost Latitude -44.07 °
Southmost Latitude -44.93 °
Eastmost Longitude 221.90 °
Westmost Longitude 223.20 °
Diameter 55.00 km
Center Latitude -44.50 °
Center Longitude 222.55 °
Quad mc29 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 06, 2026
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Alice Ilgenfritz Jones; coauthor with Ella Robinson Merchant of the 1893 novel “Unveiling a Parallel: A Romance,” under the pseudonym “Two Women of the West”; one of the earliest works of speculative science fiction, describing a utopian society on Mars (1846-1906).
Reference [948] - Unveiling a Parallel: A Romance, by Two Women of the West: Arena Publishing Company, 1893. https://archive.org/details/unveilingparalle00jone/mode/2up
Updated Nov 06, 2026 6:06 PM

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