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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tantalus Fluctus
Clean Name Tantalus Fluctus
Feature ID 5859
Target Mars
Feature Type Fluctus, fluctūs

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 43.66 °
Southmost Latitude 31.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 269.00 °
Westmost Longitude 256.00 °
Diameter 860.00 km
Center Latitude 35.68 °
Center Longitude 264.00 °
Northmost Latitude 43.66 °
Southmost Latitude 31.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 91.00 °
Westmost Longitude 104.00 °
Diameter 860.00 km
Center Latitude 35.68 °
Center Longitude 96.00 °
Northmost Latitude 42.99 °
Southmost Latitude 31.42 °
Eastmost Longitude 268.86 °
Westmost Longitude 256.17 °
Diameter 794.34 km
Center Latitude 35.93 °
Center Longitude 264.32 °
Northmost Latitude 42.99 °
Southmost Latitude 31.42 °
Eastmost Longitude 91.14 °
Westmost Longitude 103.83 °
Diameter 794.34 km
Center Latitude 35.93 °
Center Longitude 95.68 °
Quad mc03 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Albedo feature name.
Reference [68] - World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus: Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968: New York, 1973.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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