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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Houston
Clean Name Houston
Feature ID 2561
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 48.16 °
Southmost Latitude 48.16 °
Eastmost Longitude 135.90 °
Westmost Longitude 135.90 °
Diameter 1.60 km
Center Latitude 48.16 °
Center Longitude 135.90 °
Northmost Latitude 48.16 °
Southmost Latitude 48.16 °
Eastmost Longitude 224.10 °
Westmost Longitude 224.10 °
Diameter 1.60 km
Center Latitude 48.16 °
Center Longitude 224.10 °
Northmost Latitude 48.24 °
Southmost Latitude 48.21 °
Eastmost Longitude 135.97 °
Westmost Longitude 135.92 °
Diameter 1.98 km
Center Latitude 48.23 °
Center Longitude 135.95 °
Northmost Latitude 48.24 °
Southmost Latitude 48.21 °
Eastmost Longitude 224.03 °
Westmost Longitude 224.08 °
Diameter 1.98 km
Center Latitude 48.23 °
Center Longitude 224.05 °
Quad mc07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent North America
Ethnicity American
Origin American mission control site.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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