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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Idaeus Fossae
Clean Name Idaeus Fossae
Feature ID 2647
Target Mars
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 38.77 °
Southmost Latitude 35.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 310.60 °
Westmost Longitude 306.60 °
Diameter 235.00 km
Center Latitude 36.68 °
Center Longitude 308.10 °
Northmost Latitude 38.77 °
Southmost Latitude 35.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 49.40 °
Westmost Longitude 53.40 °
Diameter 235.00 km
Center Latitude 36.68 °
Center Longitude 51.90 °
Northmost Latitude 39.23 °
Southmost Latitude 35.93 °
Eastmost Longitude 310.84 °
Westmost Longitude 306.65 °
Diameter 202.01 km
Center Latitude 37.33 °
Center Longitude 308.80 °
Northmost Latitude 39.23 °
Southmost Latitude 35.93 °
Eastmost Longitude 49.16 °
Westmost Longitude 53.35 °
Diameter 202.01 km
Center Latitude 37.33 °
Center Longitude 51.20 °
Quad mc04 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent -
Culture -
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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