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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Padus Vallis
Clean Name Padus Vallis
Feature ID 4547
Target Mars
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -4.05 °
Southmost Latitude -4.84 °
Eastmost Longitude 210.10 °
Westmost Longitude 209.90 °
Diameter 46.00 km
Center Latitude -4.55 °
Center Longitude 209.90 °
Northmost Latitude -4.05 °
Southmost Latitude -4.84 °
Eastmost Longitude 149.90 °
Westmost Longitude 150.10 °
Diameter 46.00 km
Center Latitude -4.55 °
Center Longitude 150.10 °
Northmost Latitude -4.05 °
Southmost Latitude -4.99 °
Eastmost Longitude 210.08 °
Westmost Longitude 209.95 °
Diameter 57.42 km
Center Latitude -4.52 °
Center Longitude 210.02 °
Northmost Latitude -4.05 °
Southmost Latitude -4.99 °
Eastmost Longitude 149.92 °
Westmost Longitude 150.05 °
Diameter 57.42 km
Center Latitude -4.52 °
Center Longitude 149.98 °
Quad mc16 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Italy
Origin Classical name for modern Po River in Italy.
Reference [56] - Everymans Classical Atlas, by J. Oliver Thomson: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., London, 1963.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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