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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Paks
Clean Name Paks
Feature ID 4551
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -7.61 °
Southmost Latitude -7.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 318.00 °
Westmost Longitude 317.80 °
Diameter 6.80 km
Center Latitude -7.61 °
Center Longitude 317.90 °
Northmost Latitude -7.61 °
Southmost Latitude -7.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 42.00 °
Westmost Longitude 42.20 °
Diameter 6.80 km
Center Latitude -7.61 °
Center Longitude 42.10 °
Northmost Latitude -7.60 °
Southmost Latitude -7.72 °
Eastmost Longitude 318.02 °
Westmost Longitude 317.90 °
Diameter 6.90 km
Center Latitude -7.66 °
Center Longitude 317.96 °
Northmost Latitude -7.60 °
Southmost Latitude -7.72 °
Eastmost Longitude 41.98 °
Westmost Longitude 42.10 °
Diameter 6.90 km
Center Latitude -7.66 °
Center Longitude 42.04 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Hungary
Origin Town in Hungary.
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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