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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Hesperia Planum
Clean Name Hesperia Planum
Feature ID 2488
Target Mars
Feature Type Planum, plana

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -6.92 °
Southmost Latitude -33.69 °
Eastmost Longitude 121.00 °
Westmost Longitude 98.00 °
Diameter 1700.00 km
Center Latitude -22.26 °
Center Longitude 110.00 °
Northmost Latitude -6.92 °
Southmost Latitude -33.69 °
Eastmost Longitude 239.00 °
Westmost Longitude 262.00 °
Diameter 1700.00 km
Center Latitude -22.26 °
Center Longitude 250.00 °
Northmost Latitude -7.99 °
Southmost Latitude -33.92 °
Eastmost Longitude 121.42 °
Westmost Longitude 97.86 °
Diameter 1601.73 km
Center Latitude -21.42 °
Center Longitude 109.89 °
Northmost Latitude -7.99 °
Southmost Latitude -33.92 °
Eastmost Longitude 238.58 °
Westmost Longitude 262.14 °
Diameter 1601.73 km
Center Latitude -21.42 °
Center Longitude 250.11 °
Quad mc22 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
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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