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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Falun
Clean Name Falun
Feature ID 1906
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -23.87 °
Southmost Latitude -24.04 °
Eastmost Longitude 335.42 °
Westmost Longitude 335.23 °
Diameter 10.01 km
Center Latitude -23.96 °
Center Longitude 335.33 °
Northmost Latitude -23.87 °
Southmost Latitude -24.04 °
Eastmost Longitude 24.58 °
Westmost Longitude 24.77 °
Diameter 10.01 km
Center Latitude -23.96 °
Center Longitude 24.67 °
Northmost Latitude -23.85 °
Southmost Latitude -24.05 °
Eastmost Longitude 335.40 °
Westmost Longitude 335.20 °
Diameter 10.20 km
Center Latitude -23.95 °
Center Longitude 335.30 °
Northmost Latitude -23.85 °
Southmost Latitude -24.05 °
Eastmost Longitude 24.60 °
Westmost Longitude 24.80 °
Diameter 10.20 km
Center Latitude -23.95 °
Center Longitude 24.70 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Sweden
Origin Town in Sweden.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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