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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tarsus
Clean Name Tarsus
Feature ID 5872
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 23.27 °
Southmost Latitude 22.96 °
Eastmost Longitude 319.91 °
Westmost Longitude 319.57 °
Diameter 18.55 km
Center Latitude 23.12 °
Center Longitude 319.74 °
Northmost Latitude 23.27 °
Southmost Latitude 22.96 °
Eastmost Longitude 40.09 °
Westmost Longitude 40.43 °
Diameter 18.55 km
Center Latitude 23.12 °
Center Longitude 40.26 °
Northmost Latitude 23.25 °
Southmost Latitude 22.96 °
Eastmost Longitude 319.80 °
Westmost Longitude 319.50 °
Diameter 19.00 km
Center Latitude 23.06 °
Center Longitude 319.70 °
Northmost Latitude 23.25 °
Southmost Latitude 22.96 °
Eastmost Longitude 40.20 °
Westmost Longitude 40.50 °
Diameter 19.00 km
Center Latitude 23.06 °
Center Longitude 40.30 °
Quad mc11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Turkey
Origin Town in Turkey.
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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