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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ganges Catena
Clean Name Ganges Catena
Feature ID 2094
Target Mars
Feature Type Catena, catenae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -2.27 °
Southmost Latitude -3.76 °
Eastmost Longitude 293.60 °
Westmost Longitude 289.00 °
Diameter 284.00 km
Center Latitude -2.77 °
Center Longitude 291.30 °
Northmost Latitude -2.27 °
Southmost Latitude -3.76 °
Eastmost Longitude 66.40 °
Westmost Longitude 71.00 °
Diameter 284.00 km
Center Latitude -2.77 °
Center Longitude 68.70 °
Northmost Latitude -2.28 °
Southmost Latitude -3.23 °
Eastmost Longitude 293.12 °
Westmost Longitude 289.11 °
Diameter 81.27 km
Center Latitude -2.70 °
Center Longitude 291.22 °
Northmost Latitude -2.28 °
Southmost Latitude -3.23 °
Eastmost Longitude 66.88 °
Westmost Longitude 70.89 °
Diameter 81.27 km
Center Latitude -2.70 °
Center Longitude 68.78 °
Quad mc18 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Classical 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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