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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ganges Cavus
Clean Name Ganges Cavus
Feature ID 2095
Target Mars
Feature Type Cavus, cavi

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -9.79 °
Southmost Latitude -10.38 °
Eastmost Longitude 308.80 °
Westmost Longitude 308.10 °
Diameter 42.30 km
Center Latitude -10.08 °
Center Longitude 308.50 °
Northmost Latitude -9.79 °
Southmost Latitude -10.38 °
Eastmost Longitude 51.20 °
Westmost Longitude 51.90 °
Diameter 42.30 km
Center Latitude -10.08 °
Center Longitude 51.50 °
Northmost Latitude -9.82 °
Southmost Latitude -10.39 °
Eastmost Longitude 308.91 °
Westmost Longitude 308.18 °
Diameter 43.11 km
Center Latitude -10.09 °
Center Longitude 308.55 °
Northmost Latitude -9.82 °
Southmost Latitude -10.39 °
Eastmost Longitude 51.09 °
Westmost Longitude 51.82 °
Diameter 43.11 km
Center Latitude -10.09 °
Center Longitude 51.45 °
Quad mc18 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
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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