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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Phison Rupes
Clean Name Phison Rupes
Feature ID 4697
Target Mars
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 27.82 °
Southmost Latitude 25.24 °
Eastmost Longitude 51.30 °
Westmost Longitude 49.50 °
Diameter 177.00 km
Center Latitude 26.43 °
Center Longitude 50.40 °
Northmost Latitude 27.82 °
Southmost Latitude 25.24 °
Eastmost Longitude 308.70 °
Westmost Longitude 310.50 °
Diameter 177.00 km
Center Latitude 26.43 °
Center Longitude 309.60 °
Northmost Latitude 28.23 °
Southmost Latitude 25.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 51.37 °
Westmost Longitude 49.54 °
Diameter 203.07 km
Center Latitude 26.70 °
Center Longitude 50.35 °
Northmost Latitude 28.23 °
Southmost Latitude 25.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 308.63 °
Westmost Longitude 310.46 °
Diameter 203.07 km
Center Latitude 26.70 °
Center Longitude 309.65 °
Quad mc13 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Classical albedo feature 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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