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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Medusae Sulci
Clean Name Medusae Sulci
Feature ID 3796
Target Mars
Feature Type Sulcus, sulci

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -3.46 °
Southmost Latitude -6.52 °
Eastmost Longitude 200.80 °
Westmost Longitude 198.70 °
Diameter 190.00 km
Center Latitude -4.94 °
Center Longitude 199.90 °
Northmost Latitude -3.46 °
Southmost Latitude -6.52 °
Eastmost Longitude 159.20 °
Westmost Longitude 161.30 °
Diameter 190.00 km
Center Latitude -4.94 °
Center Longitude 160.10 °
Northmost Latitude -3.34 °
Southmost Latitude -6.57 °
Eastmost Longitude 200.87 °
Westmost Longitude 198.69 °
Diameter 191.52 km
Center Latitude -5.04 °
Center Longitude 200.30 °
Northmost Latitude -3.34 °
Southmost Latitude -6.57 °
Eastmost Longitude 159.13 °
Westmost Longitude 161.31 °
Diameter 191.52 km
Center Latitude -5.04 °
Center Longitude 159.70 °
Quad mc16 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
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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