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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Gaan
Clean Name Gaan
Feature ID 2047
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 38.67 °
Southmost Latitude 38.67 °
Eastmost Longitude 356.50 °
Westmost Longitude 356.50 °
Diameter 2.80 km
Center Latitude 38.67 °
Center Longitude 356.50 °
Northmost Latitude 38.67 °
Southmost Latitude 38.67 °
Eastmost Longitude 3.50 °
Westmost Longitude 3.50 °
Diameter 2.80 km
Center Latitude 38.67 °
Center Longitude 3.50 °
Northmost Latitude 38.69 °
Southmost Latitude 38.64 °
Eastmost Longitude 356.63 °
Westmost Longitude 356.56 °
Diameter 3.01 km
Center Latitude 38.66 °
Center Longitude 356.60 °
Northmost Latitude 38.69 °
Southmost Latitude 38.64 °
Eastmost Longitude 3.37 °
Westmost Longitude 3.44 °
Diameter 3.01 km
Center Latitude 38.66 °
Center Longitude 3.40 °
Quad mc04 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Somalia
Origin Town in Somalia.
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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