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Planetary Names: Regio, regiones: Tarsus Regio on Io

Tarsus Regio

Feature Name	Tarsus Regio
Clean Name	Tarsus Regio
Feature ID	5873
Target	Io
Feature Type	Regio, regiones
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	-17.15 °
Southernmost Latitude	-64.20 °
Easternmost Longitude	35.98 °
Westernmost Longitude	72.86 °
Diameter	1520.93 km
Center Latitude	-39.69 °
Center Longitude	55.14 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((324.02 -17.15000000002467, 287.14 -17.15000000002467, 287.14 -64.20000000001794, 324.02 -64.20000000001794, 324.02 -17.15000000002467)))
Northernmost Latitude	-17.91 °
Southernmost Latitude	-64.47 °
Easternmost Longitude	34.97 °
Westernmost Longitude	72.03 °
Diameter	1498.59 km
Center Latitude	-36.69 °
Center Longitude	53.40 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((300.4758167266846 -63.94557952880859, 298.3220348358154 -64.47363090515137, 295.2893314361572 -63.37666320800781, 292.0698413848877 -60.54910087585449, 290.435510635376 -57.88595771789551, 291.2557735443115 -56.47102737426758, 293.9395008087158 -55.18439674377441, 293.0018215179443 -51.18120193481445, 290.9496898651123 -49.67424964904785, 289.5507640838623 -46.12627983093262, 288.4747524261475 -41.97596168518066, 287.9729595184326 -38.18508148193359, 288.3047122955322 -35.90908241271973, 290.267240524292 -33.40749168395996, 292.5767688751221 -31.37887954711914, 294.2598285675049 -28.94967460632324, 295.9001941680908 -25.32285499572754, 297.0539417266846 -23.01629066467285, 298.9403095245361 -20.94615364074707, 302.2587642669678 -19.52078819274902, 305.7412128448486 -18.63275527954102, 309.1601963043213 -17.90859603881836, 311.1613521575928 -18.53478240966797, 314.8520946502686 -22.11563873291016, 318.7495403289795 -26.35704803466797, 322.3619174957275 -29.80488967895508, 323.3907413482666 -31.04252624511719, 324.0558261871338 -32.59251976013184, 325.0291538238525 -37.33885765075684, 324.6678333282471 -42.28454971313477, 323.2120990753174 -44.78475761413574, 321.5136203765869 -47.71662139892578, 320.408353805542 -51.20718193054199, 316.3256855010986 -53.12827491760254, 311.7880535125732 -54.0620002746582, 309.2063465118408 -55.10156059265137, 306.4923152923584 -57.12664222717285, 304.3203907012939 -59.67553901672363, 303.0834407806396 -61.80218124389648, 300.4758167266846 -63.94557952880859)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Greek
Quad	-
Reference	[19] - The Greek Myths (2 vols.), by Robert Graves: Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, 1974.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Origin	Io passed through here in her wanderings.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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