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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Palana
Clean Name Palana
Feature ID 4552
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 21.07 °
Southmost Latitude 20.97 °
Eastmost Longitude 102.00 °
Westmost Longitude 101.90 °
Diameter 5.10 km
Center Latitude 21.07 °
Center Longitude 102.00 °
Northmost Latitude 21.07 °
Southmost Latitude 20.97 °
Eastmost Longitude 258.00 °
Westmost Longitude 258.10 °
Diameter 5.10 km
Center Latitude 21.07 °
Center Longitude 258.00 °
Northmost Latitude 21.08 °
Southmost Latitude 21.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 102.06 °
Westmost Longitude 101.98 °
Diameter 4.53 km
Center Latitude 21.04 °
Center Longitude 102.02 °
Northmost Latitude 21.08 °
Southmost Latitude 21.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 257.94 °
Westmost Longitude 258.02 °
Diameter 4.53 km
Center Latitude 21.04 °
Center Longitude 257.98 °
Quad mc14 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1988
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Russia
Origin Town in Kamchatka, Russia.
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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