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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ascraeus Mensa
Clean Name Ascraeus Mensa
Feature ID 416
Target Mars
Feature Type Mensa, mensae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 11.96 °
Southmost Latitude 11.47 °
Eastmost Longitude 252.10 °
Westmost Longitude 251.80 °
Diameter 31.60 km
Center Latitude 11.67 °
Center Longitude 252.00 °
Northmost Latitude 11.96 °
Southmost Latitude 11.47 °
Eastmost Longitude 107.90 °
Westmost Longitude 108.20 °
Diameter 31.60 km
Center Latitude 11.67 °
Center Longitude 108.00 °
Northmost Latitude 12.03 °
Southmost Latitude 11.44 °
Eastmost Longitude 252.26 °
Westmost Longitude 251.94 °
Diameter 34.86 km
Center Latitude 11.72 °
Center Longitude 252.11 °
Northmost Latitude 12.03 °
Southmost Latitude 11.44 °
Eastmost Longitude 107.74 °
Westmost Longitude 108.06 °
Diameter 34.86 km
Center Latitude 11.72 °
Center Longitude 107.89 °
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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