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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Galu
Clean Name Galu
Feature ID 2082
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -21.96 °
Southmost Latitude -22.16 °
Eastmost Longitude 338.40 °
Westmost Longitude 338.20 °
Diameter 12.50 km
Center Latitude -22.06 °
Center Longitude 338.30 °
Northmost Latitude -21.96 °
Southmost Latitude -22.16 °
Eastmost Longitude 21.60 °
Westmost Longitude 21.80 °
Diameter 12.50 km
Center Latitude -22.06 °
Center Longitude 21.70 °
Northmost Latitude -21.96 °
Southmost Latitude -22.19 °
Eastmost Longitude 338.46 °
Westmost Longitude 338.21 °
Diameter 13.57 km
Center Latitude -22.08 °
Center Longitude 338.33 °
Northmost Latitude -21.96 °
Southmost Latitude -22.19 °
Eastmost Longitude 21.54 °
Westmost Longitude 21.79 °
Diameter 13.57 km
Center Latitude -22.08 °
Center Longitude 21.67 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Africa
Culture Zaire
Origin Town in Zaire.
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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