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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Stokes
Clean Name Stokes
Feature ID 5712
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 56.19 °
Southmost Latitude 54.98 °
Eastmost Longitude 172.20 °
Westmost Longitude 170.30 °
Diameter 66.00 km
Center Latitude 55.59 °
Center Longitude 171.20 °
Northmost Latitude 56.19 °
Southmost Latitude 54.98 °
Eastmost Longitude 187.80 °
Westmost Longitude 189.70 °
Diameter 66.00 km
Center Latitude 55.59 °
Center Longitude 188.80 °
Northmost Latitude 56.16 °
Southmost Latitude 55.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 172.23 °
Westmost Longitude 170.36 °
Diameter 62.74 km
Center Latitude 55.63 °
Center Longitude 171.29 °
Northmost Latitude 56.16 °
Southmost Latitude 55.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 187.77 °
Westmost Longitude 189.64 °
Diameter 62.74 km
Center Latitude 55.63 °
Center Longitude 188.71 °
Quad mc07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Great Britain
Origin George G.; British physicist (1819-1903).
Reference [68] - World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus: Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968: New York, 1973.
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:58 AM

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