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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Kirs
Clean Name Kirs
Feature ID 3051
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -26.28 °
Southmost Latitude -26.33 °
Eastmost Longitude 340.59 °
Westmost Longitude 340.52 °
Diameter 3.46 km
Center Latitude -26.31 °
Center Longitude 340.56 °
Northmost Latitude -26.28 °
Southmost Latitude -26.33 °
Eastmost Longitude 19.41 °
Westmost Longitude 19.48 °
Diameter 3.46 km
Center Latitude -26.31 °
Center Longitude 19.44 °
Northmost Latitude -26.23 °
Southmost Latitude -26.33 °
Eastmost Longitude 340.50 °
Westmost Longitude 340.50 °
Diameter 3.00 km
Center Latitude -26.33 °
Center Longitude 340.50 °
Northmost Latitude -26.23 °
Southmost Latitude -26.33 °
Eastmost Longitude 19.50 °
Westmost Longitude 19.50 °
Diameter 3.00 km
Center Latitude -26.33 °
Center Longitude 19.50 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Russia
Origin Town in Russia.
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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