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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Lunae Mensa
Clean Name Lunae Mensa
Feature ID 3517
Target Mars
Feature Type Mensa, mensae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 24.44 °
Southmost Latitude 23.45 °
Eastmost Longitude 298.40 °
Westmost Longitude 296.30 °
Diameter 117.00 km
Center Latitude 23.95 °
Center Longitude 297.40 °
Northmost Latitude 24.44 °
Southmost Latitude 23.45 °
Eastmost Longitude 61.60 °
Westmost Longitude 63.70 °
Diameter 117.00 km
Center Latitude 23.95 °
Center Longitude 62.60 °
Northmost Latitude 24.46 °
Southmost Latitude 23.47 °
Eastmost Longitude 298.47 °
Westmost Longitude 296.47 °
Diameter 114.75 km
Center Latitude 23.91 °
Center Longitude 297.50 °
Northmost Latitude 24.46 °
Southmost Latitude 23.47 °
Eastmost Longitude 61.53 °
Westmost Longitude 63.53 °
Diameter 114.75 km
Center Latitude 23.91 °
Center Longitude 62.50 °
Quad mc10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1988
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
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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