Planetary Names

Basic Info

Feature Name	Gigas Sulci
Clean Name	Gigas Sulci
Feature ID	2158
Target	Mars
Feature Type	Sulcus, sulci

Location

Control Network

Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	13.05 °
Southmost Latitude	6.72 °
Eastmost Longitude	234.20 °
Westmost Longitude	230.00 °
Diameter	398.00 km
Center Latitude	9.88 °
Center Longitude	232.20 °
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Northmost Latitude	13.05 °
Southmost Latitude	6.72 °
Eastmost Longitude	125.80 °
Westmost Longitude	130.00 °
Diameter	398.00 km
Center Latitude	9.88 °
Center Longitude	127.80 °
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Northmost Latitude	13.10 °
Southmost Latitude	6.56 °
Eastmost Longitude	234.40 °
Westmost Longitude	230.12 °
Diameter	418.56 km
Center Latitude	10.02 °
Center Longitude	232.27 °
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Northmost Latitude	13.10 °
Southmost Latitude	6.56 °
Eastmost Longitude	125.60 °
Westmost Longitude	129.88 °
Diameter	418.56 km
Center Latitude	10.02 °
Center Longitude	127.73 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1976
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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Basic Info

Location

Status and Origin

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