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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ascraeus Sulci
Clean Name Ascraeus Sulci
Feature ID 418
Target Mars
Feature Type Sulcus, sulci

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 12.65 °
Southmost Latitude 11.07 °
Eastmost Longitude 251.70 °
Westmost Longitude 250.70 °
Diameter 102.00 km
Center Latitude 11.96 °
Center Longitude 251.20 °
Northmost Latitude 12.65 °
Southmost Latitude 11.07 °
Eastmost Longitude 108.30 °
Westmost Longitude 109.30 °
Diameter 102.00 km
Center Latitude 11.96 °
Center Longitude 108.80 °
Northmost Latitude 13.15 °
Southmost Latitude 11.02 °
Eastmost Longitude 252.29 °
Westmost Longitude 250.86 °
Diameter 138.70 km
Center Latitude 12.06 °
Center Longitude 251.25 °
Northmost Latitude 13.15 °
Southmost Latitude 11.02 °
Eastmost Longitude 107.71 °
Westmost Longitude 109.14 °
Diameter 138.70 km
Center Latitude 12.06 °
Center Longitude 108.75 °
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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