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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Pyrrhae Chaos
Clean Name Pyrrhae Chaos
Feature ID 4884
Target Mars
Feature Type Chaos, chaoses

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -9.39 °
Southmost Latitude -11.57 °
Eastmost Longitude 332.90 °
Westmost Longitude 330.10 °
Diameter 189.00 km
Center Latitude -10.38 °
Center Longitude 331.50 °
Northmost Latitude -9.39 °
Southmost Latitude -11.57 °
Eastmost Longitude 27.10 °
Westmost Longitude 29.90 °
Diameter 189.00 km
Center Latitude -10.38 °
Center Longitude 28.50 °
Northmost Latitude -9.41 °
Southmost Latitude -11.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 332.99 °
Westmost Longitude 330.20 °
Diameter 162.35 km
Center Latitude -10.46 °
Center Longitude 331.60 °
Northmost Latitude -9.41 °
Southmost Latitude -11.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 27.01 °
Westmost Longitude 29.80 °
Diameter 162.35 km
Center Latitude -10.46 °
Center Longitude 28.40 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin 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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