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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rong
Clean Name Rong
Feature ID 5182
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 22.56 °
Southmost Latitude 22.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 314.70 °
Westmost Longitude 314.50 °
Diameter 8.80 km
Center Latitude 22.46 °
Center Longitude 314.60 °
Northmost Latitude 22.56 °
Southmost Latitude 22.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 45.30 °
Westmost Longitude 45.50 °
Diameter 8.80 km
Center Latitude 22.46 °
Center Longitude 45.40 °
Northmost Latitude 22.53 °
Southmost Latitude 22.38 °
Eastmost Longitude 314.73 °
Westmost Longitude 314.57 °
Diameter 8.92 km
Center Latitude 22.46 °
Center Longitude 314.65 °
Northmost Latitude 22.53 °
Southmost Latitude 22.38 °
Eastmost Longitude 45.27 °
Westmost Longitude 45.43 °
Diameter 8.92 km
Center Latitude 22.46 °
Center Longitude 45.35 °
Quad mc10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1988
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Tibet
Origin Town in China (Tibet).
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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