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Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Avernus Rupes on Mars

Avernus Rupes

Feature Name	Avernus Rupes
Clean Name	Avernus Rupes
Feature ID	506
Target	Mars
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	-7.61 °
Southernmost Latitude	-11.07 °
Easternmost Longitude	173.70 °
Westernmost Longitude	172.60 °
Diameter	212.00 km
Center Latitude	-9.49 °
Center Longitude	172.90 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((173.7 -11.0718081981, 172.6 -11.0718081981, 172.6 -7.61068777423, 173.7 -7.61068777423, 173.7 -11.0718081981)))
Northernmost Latitude	-7.61 °
Southernmost Latitude	-11.07 °
Easternmost Longitude	186.30 °
Westernmost Longitude	187.40 °
Diameter	212.00 km
Center Latitude	-9.49 °
Center Longitude	187.10 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((173.7 -11.0718081981, 172.6 -11.0718081981, 172.6 -7.61068777423, 173.7 -7.61068777423, 173.7 -11.0718081981)))
Northernmost Latitude	-7.47 °
Southernmost Latitude	-10.85 °
Easternmost Longitude	173.68 °
Westernmost Longitude	172.65 °
Diameter	223.32 km
Center Latitude	-9.20 °
Center Longitude	172.80 °
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Northernmost Latitude	-7.47 °
Southernmost Latitude	-10.85 °
Easternmost Longitude	186.32 °
Westernmost Longitude	187.35 °
Diameter	223.32 km
Center Latitude	-9.20 °
Center Longitude	187.20 °
WKT String	MULTILINESTRING ((173.0430774688721 -7.470401763916016, 172.9111270904541 -7.589157104492188, 172.7593822479248 -7.793680191040039, 172.7000064849854 -7.952020645141602, 172.6538219451904 -8.116958618164062, 172.6538219451904 -8.314884185791016, 172.6472263336182 -8.664552688598633, 172.6472263336182 -8.888870239257812, 172.7329921722412 -9.099990844726562, 172.8847370147705 -9.330904006958008, 173.0562725067139 -9.495841979980469, 173.1354427337646 -9.667377471923828, 173.2278079986572 -9.87190055847168, 173.3267688751221 -10.03024101257324, 173.4521236419678 -10.31393432617188, 173.590669631958 -10.6240177154541, 173.6764392852783 -10.84833335876465))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Latin
Quad	mc23 [pdf]
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.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1985
Origin	From albedo feature Avernus at 10S, 195W.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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