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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Hephaestus Rupēs
Clean Name Hephaestus Rupes
Feature ID 2459
Target Mars
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 36.49 °
Southmost Latitude 9.98 °
Eastmost Longitude 131.95 °
Westmost Longitude 100.21 °
Diameter 1707.44 km
Center Latitude 23.54 °
Center Longitude 114.90 °
Northmost Latitude 36.49 °
Southmost Latitude 9.98 °
Eastmost Longitude 228.05 °
Westmost Longitude 259.79 °
Diameter 1707.44 km
Center Latitude 23.54 °
Center Longitude 245.10 °
Northmost Latitude 36.68 °
Southmost Latitude 9.88 °
Eastmost Longitude 132.00 °
Westmost Longitude 100.00 °
Diameter 1750.00 km
Center Latitude 21.77 °
Center Longitude 117.00 °
Northmost Latitude 36.68 °
Southmost Latitude 9.88 °
Eastmost Longitude 228.00 °
Westmost Longitude 260.00 °
Diameter 1750.00 km
Center Latitude 21.77 °
Center Longitude 243.00 °
Quad mc14 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2003
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Named for classical albedo feature at 20N, 240W.
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 Aug 27, 2013 2:56 PM
Additional Information Changed from Hephaestus Rupes to Hephaestus Rupēs August 27, 2013.

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