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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Thule
Clean Name Thule
Feature ID 5985
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -23.26 °
Southmost Latitude -23.48 °
Eastmost Longitude 334.40 °
Westmost Longitude 334.16 °
Diameter 13.07 km
Center Latitude -23.37 °
Center Longitude 334.28 °
Northmost Latitude -23.26 °
Southmost Latitude -23.48 °
Eastmost Longitude 25.60 °
Westmost Longitude 25.84 °
Diameter 13.07 km
Center Latitude -23.37 °
Center Longitude 25.72 °
Northmost Latitude -23.25 °
Southmost Latitude -23.45 °
Eastmost Longitude 334.40 °
Westmost Longitude 334.10 °
Diameter 13.30 km
Center Latitude -23.35 °
Center Longitude 334.20 °
Northmost Latitude -23.25 °
Southmost Latitude -23.45 °
Eastmost Longitude 25.60 °
Westmost Longitude 25.90 °
Diameter 13.30 km
Center Latitude -23.35 °
Center Longitude 25.80 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent North America
Ethnicity Greenland
Origin Town in Greenland.
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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