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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Elysium Catena
Clean Name Elysium Catena
Feature ID 1780
Target Mars
Feature Type Catena, catenae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 17.90 °
Southmost Latitude 17.41 °
Eastmost Longitude 150.00 °
Westmost Longitude 149.30 °
Diameter 47.70 km
Center Latitude 17.60 °
Center Longitude 149.60 °
Northmost Latitude 17.90 °
Southmost Latitude 17.41 °
Eastmost Longitude 210.00 °
Westmost Longitude 210.70 °
Diameter 47.70 km
Center Latitude 17.60 °
Center Longitude 210.40 °
Northmost Latitude 17.95 °
Southmost Latitude 17.44 °
Eastmost Longitude 150.06 °
Westmost Longitude 149.40 °
Diameter 48.50 km
Center Latitude 17.69 °
Center Longitude 149.73 °
Northmost Latitude 17.95 °
Southmost Latitude 17.44 °
Eastmost Longitude 209.94 °
Westmost Longitude 210.60 °
Diameter 48.50 km
Center Latitude 17.69 °
Center Longitude 210.27 °
Quad mc15 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Albedo feature 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 Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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