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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ascraeus Chasmata
Clean Name Ascraeus Chasmata
Feature ID 415
Target Mars
Feature Type Chasma, chasmata

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 9.59 °
Southmost Latitude 8.11 °
Eastmost Longitude 255.20 °
Westmost Longitude 253.50 °
Diameter 110.00 km
Center Latitude 8.70 °
Center Longitude 254.30 °
Northmost Latitude 9.59 °
Southmost Latitude 8.11 °
Eastmost Longitude 104.80 °
Westmost Longitude 106.50 °
Diameter 110.00 km
Center Latitude 8.70 °
Center Longitude 105.70 °
Northmost Latitude 9.58 °
Southmost Latitude 7.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 255.26 °
Westmost Longitude 253.57 °
Diameter 105.20 km
Center Latitude 8.77 °
Center Longitude 254.37 °
Northmost Latitude 9.58 °
Southmost Latitude 7.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 104.74 °
Westmost Longitude 106.43 °
Diameter 105.20 km
Center Latitude 8.77 °
Center Longitude 105.63 °
Quad mc09 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Classical albedo 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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