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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Aban
Clean Name Aban
Feature ID 6
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 15.94 °
Southmost Latitude 15.87 °
Eastmost Longitude 111.14 °
Westmost Longitude 111.06 °
Diameter 4.2807 km
Center Latitude 15.91 °
Center Longitude 111.10 °
Northmost Latitude 15.94 °
Southmost Latitude 15.87 °
Eastmost Longitude 248.86 °
Westmost Longitude 248.94 °
Diameter 4.2807 km
Center Latitude 15.91 °
Center Longitude 248.90 °
Northmost Latitude 15.92 °
Southmost Latitude 15.82 °
Eastmost Longitude 111.10 °
Westmost Longitude 111.00 °
Diameter 4.20 km
Center Latitude 15.92 °
Center Longitude 111.00 °
Northmost Latitude 15.92 °
Southmost Latitude 15.82 °
Eastmost Longitude 248.90 °
Westmost Longitude 249.00 °
Diameter 4.20 km
Center Latitude 15.92 °
Center Longitude 249.00 °
Quad mc14 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1988
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Russia
Origin Town in Russia.
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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