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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Gordii Dorsum
Clean Name Gordii Dorsum
Feature ID 2222
Target Mars
Feature Type Dorsum, dorsa

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 8.20 °
Southmost Latitude 0.59 °
Eastmost Longitude 217.70 °
Westmost Longitude 214.00 °
Diameter 493.50 km
Center Latitude 4.45 °
Center Longitude 215.90 °
Northmost Latitude 8.20 °
Southmost Latitude 0.59 °
Eastmost Longitude 142.30 °
Westmost Longitude 146.00 °
Diameter 493.50 km
Center Latitude 4.45 °
Center Longitude 144.10 °
Northmost Latitude 7.63 °
Southmost Latitude 0.69 °
Eastmost Longitude 217.82 °
Westmost Longitude 213.75 °
Diameter 481.56 km
Center Latitude 4.11 °
Center Longitude 215.86 °
Northmost Latitude 7.63 °
Southmost Latitude 0.69 °
Eastmost Longitude 142.18 °
Westmost Longitude 146.25 °
Diameter 481.56 km
Center Latitude 4.11 °
Center Longitude 144.14 °
Quad mc08 [pdf]

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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