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Planetary Names: Sulcus, sulci: Gigas Sulci on Mars

Gigas Sulci

Feature Name	Gigas Sulci
Clean Name	Gigas Sulci
Feature ID	2158
Target	Mars
Feature Type	Sulcus, sulci
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	13.05 °
Southernmost Latitude	6.72 °
Easternmost Longitude	234.20 °
Westernmost Longitude	230.00 °
Diameter	398.00 km
Center Latitude	9.88 °
Center Longitude	232.20 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((234.2 6.72092029443, 230 6.72092029443, 230 13.0503998078, 234.2 13.0503998078, 234.2 6.72092029443)))
Northernmost Latitude	13.05 °
Southernmost Latitude	6.72 °
Easternmost Longitude	125.80 °
Westernmost Longitude	130.00 °
Diameter	398.00 km
Center Latitude	9.88 °
Center Longitude	127.80 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((234.2 6.72092029443, 230 6.72092029443, 230 13.0503998078, 234.2 13.0503998078, 234.2 6.72092029443)))
Northernmost Latitude	13.10 °
Southernmost Latitude	6.56 °
Easternmost Longitude	234.40 °
Westernmost Longitude	230.12 °
Diameter	418.56 km
Center Latitude	10.02 °
Center Longitude	232.27 °
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Northernmost Latitude	13.10 °
Southernmost Latitude	6.56 °
Easternmost Longitude	125.60 °
Westernmost Longitude	129.88 °
Diameter	418.56 km
Center Latitude	10.02 °
Center Longitude	127.73 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((231.4821376800537 6.630640029907227, 231.3745822906494 6.555353164672852, 231.3100528717041 6.684415817260742, 231.2240085601807 6.867258071899414, 231.0304088592529 7.060853958129883, 230.7400150299072 7.136144638061523, 230.5141506195068 7.286718368530273, 230.3420658111572 7.738447189331055, 230.1699771881104 8.30848503112793, 230.1162014007568 8.609636306762695, 230.1484661102295 9.029096603393555, 230.1377124786377 9.470067977905273, 230.2775325775146 9.868017196655273, 230.4711284637451 10.28747749328613, 230.8260593414307 10.70694160461426, 231.1419200897217 11.1534595489502, 231.8678302764893 11.84261131286621, 232.7727870941162 12.35251808166504, 233.2460231781006 12.73971366882324, 233.622465133667 13.07312965393066, 233.8434047698975 13.10146522521973, 234.0634365081787 12.95482063293457, 234.2140102386475 12.57838249206543, 234.2570323944092 12.2557201385498, 234.3000545501709 11.9760799407959, 234.3968524932861 11.5888843536377, 234.3968524932861 11.26622200012207, 234.3860988616943 10.99733543395996, 234.3000545501709 10.67467308044434, 234.1602344512939 10.21219062805176, 234.1064586639404 10.13690376281738, 234.0634365081787 9.954061508178711, 233.7945499420166 9.59913444519043, 233.2782917022705 9.093629837036133, 233.0631847381592 8.803232192993164, 232.8050518035889 8.43754768371582, 232.4931468963623 8.104131698608398, 232.2242603302002 7.824491500854492, 232.127462387085 7.523340225219727, 231.987642288208 7.211431503295898, 231.8800868988037 6.964056015014648, 231.7832889556885 6.888769149780273, 231.6757335662842 6.888769149780273, 231.5681819915771 6.74894905090332, 231.4821376800537 6.630640029907227)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Greek
Quad	mc09 [pdf]
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.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1976
Origin	Classical albedo feature name.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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