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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mendota
Clean Name Mendota
Feature ID 3839
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 35.88 °
Southmost Latitude 35.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 138.40 °
Westmost Longitude 138.20 °
Diameter 8.90 km
Center Latitude 35.78 °
Center Longitude 138.30 °
Northmost Latitude 35.88 °
Southmost Latitude 35.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 221.60 °
Westmost Longitude 221.80 °
Diameter 8.90 km
Center Latitude 35.78 °
Center Longitude 221.70 °
Northmost Latitude 35.90 °
Southmost Latitude 35.75 °
Eastmost Longitude 138.43 °
Westmost Longitude 138.24 °
Diameter 8.86 km
Center Latitude 35.83 °
Center Longitude 138.33 °
Northmost Latitude 35.90 °
Southmost Latitude 35.75 °
Eastmost Longitude 221.57 °
Westmost Longitude 221.76 °
Diameter 8.86 km
Center Latitude 35.83 °
Center Longitude 221.67 °
Quad mc07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent North America
Ethnicity American
Origin town in Illinois, USA.
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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