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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Sacra Mensa
Clean Name Sacra Mensa
Feature ID 5268
Target Mars
Feature Type Mensa, mensae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 27.03 °
Southmost Latitude 22.16 °
Eastmost Longitude 296.90 °
Westmost Longitude 286.50 °
Diameter 580.00 km
Center Latitude 24.44 °
Center Longitude 291.90 °
Northmost Latitude 27.03 °
Southmost Latitude 22.16 °
Eastmost Longitude 63.10 °
Westmost Longitude 73.50 °
Diameter 580.00 km
Center Latitude 24.44 °
Center Longitude 68.10 °
Northmost Latitude 26.98 °
Southmost Latitude 22.29 °
Eastmost Longitude 297.09 °
Westmost Longitude 286.63 °
Diameter 577.00 km
Center Latitude 24.64 °
Center Longitude 291.78 °
Northmost Latitude 26.98 °
Southmost Latitude 22.29 °
Eastmost Longitude 62.91 °
Westmost Longitude 73.37 °
Diameter 577.00 km
Center Latitude 24.64 °
Center Longitude 68.22 °
Quad mc10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1988
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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