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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Panchaia Rupēs
Clean Name Panchaia Rupes
Feature ID 4573
Target Mars
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 71.80 °
Southmost Latitude 51.67 °
Eastmost Longitude 150.00 °
Westmost Longitude 110.00 °
Diameter 1500.00 km
Center Latitude 63.73 °
Center Longitude 130.00 °
Northmost Latitude 71.80 °
Southmost Latitude 51.67 °
Eastmost Longitude 210.00 °
Westmost Longitude 250.00 °
Diameter 1500.00 km
Center Latitude 63.73 °
Center Longitude 230.00 °
Northmost Latitude 71.91 °
Southmost Latitude 57.28 °
Eastmost Longitude 149.99 °
Westmost Longitude 109.72 °
Diameter 1113.40 km
Center Latitude 64.37 °
Center Longitude 129.83 °
Northmost Latitude 71.91 °
Southmost Latitude 57.28 °
Eastmost Longitude 210.01 °
Westmost Longitude 250.28 °
Diameter 1113.40 km
Center Latitude 64.37 °
Center Longitude 230.17 °
Quad mc07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2003
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Named for classical albedo feature at 62N, 220W.
Reference [71] - Mars and its Satellites, A Detailed Commentary on the Nomenclature, 2nd edition, by Jürgen Blunck: Exposition Press, Smithtown, New York, 1982.
Updated Aug 27, 2013 2:58 PM
Additional Information Changed from Panchaia Rupes to Panchaia Rupēs August 27, 2013.

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