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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ausonia Cavus
Clean Name Ausonia Cavus
Feature ID 480
Target Mars
Feature Type Cavus, cavi

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -31.50 °
Southmost Latitude -32.29 °
Eastmost Longitude 96.80 °
Westmost Longitude 96.00 °
Diameter 50.00 km
Center Latitude -31.90 °
Center Longitude 96.40 °
Northmost Latitude -31.50 °
Southmost Latitude -32.29 °
Eastmost Longitude 263.20 °
Westmost Longitude 264.00 °
Diameter 50.00 km
Center Latitude -31.90 °
Center Longitude 263.60 °
Northmost Latitude -31.51 °
Southmost Latitude -32.33 °
Eastmost Longitude 96.92 °
Westmost Longitude 96.14 °
Diameter 49.50 km
Center Latitude -31.92 °
Center Longitude 96.55 °
Northmost Latitude -31.51 °
Southmost Latitude -32.33 °
Eastmost Longitude 263.08 °
Westmost Longitude 263.86 °
Diameter 49.50 km
Center Latitude -31.92 °
Center Longitude 263.45 °
Quad mc28 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Albedo feature Ausonia.
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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