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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Hesperia Dorsa
Clean Name Hesperia Dorsa
Feature ID 2487
Target Mars
Feature Type Dorsum, dorsa

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -17.01 °
Southmost Latitude -29.31 °
Eastmost Longitude 119.10 °
Westmost Longitude 109.10 °
Diameter 817.20 km
Center Latitude -23.15 °
Center Longitude 113.10 °
Northmost Latitude -17.01 °
Southmost Latitude -29.31 °
Eastmost Longitude 240.90 °
Westmost Longitude 250.90 °
Diameter 817.20 km
Center Latitude -23.15 °
Center Longitude 246.90 °
Northmost Latitude -17.64 °
Southmost Latitude -29.35 °
Eastmost Longitude 117.97 °
Westmost Longitude 109.04 °
Diameter 818.25 km
Center Latitude -22.80 °
Center Longitude 113.16 °
Northmost Latitude -17.64 °
Southmost Latitude -29.35 °
Eastmost Longitude 242.03 °
Westmost Longitude 250.96 °
Diameter 818.25 km
Center Latitude -22.80 °
Center Longitude 246.84 °
Quad mc22 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin 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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