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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Platte
Clean Name Platte
Feature ID 4758
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 16.02 °
Southmost Latitude 16.02 °
Eastmost Longitude 113.10 °
Westmost Longitude 113.10 °
Diameter 3.30 km
Center Latitude 16.02 °
Center Longitude 113.10 °
Northmost Latitude 16.02 °
Southmost Latitude 16.02 °
Eastmost Longitude 246.90 °
Westmost Longitude 246.90 °
Diameter 3.30 km
Center Latitude 16.02 °
Center Longitude 246.90 °
Northmost Latitude 16.06 °
Southmost Latitude 16.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 113.21 °
Westmost Longitude 113.15 °
Diameter 3.42 km
Center Latitude 16.03 °
Center Longitude 113.18 °
Northmost Latitude 16.06 °
Southmost Latitude 16.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 246.79 °
Westmost Longitude 246.85 °
Diameter 3.42 km
Center Latitude 16.03 °
Center Longitude 246.82 °
Quad mc14 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1988
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Town in South Dakota, USA.
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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