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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mare Marginis
Clean Name Mare Marginis
Feature ID 3681
Target Moon
Feature Type Mare, maria

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 18.59 °
Southmost Latitude 9.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 93.35 °
Westmost Longitude 81.15 °
Diameter 357.63 km
Center Latitude 12.70 °
Center Longitude 86.52 °
Northmost Latitude 18.50 °
Southmost Latitude 9.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 93.35 °
Westmost Longitude 81.10 °
Diameter 357.63 km
Center Latitude 12.70 °
Center Longitude 86.52 °
Northmost Latitude 17.90 °
Southmost Latitude 10.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 93.10 °
Westmost Longitude 82.80 °
Diameter 420.00 km
Center Latitude 13.30 °
Center Longitude 86.10 °
Quad LAC-63 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin "Sea of the Edge."
Reference [66] - Named Lunar Formations, by Mary A. Blagg and K. Müller: Percy Lund, Humphries and Co. Ltd., London, 1935.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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