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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Timaru
Clean Name Timaru
Feature ID 6009
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -25.11 °
Southmost Latitude -25.42 °
Eastmost Longitude 337.83 °
Westmost Longitude 337.49 °
Diameter 18.40 km
Center Latitude -25.27 °
Center Longitude 337.66 °
Northmost Latitude -25.11 °
Southmost Latitude -25.42 °
Eastmost Longitude 22.17 °
Westmost Longitude 22.51 °
Diameter 18.40 km
Center Latitude -25.27 °
Center Longitude 22.34 °
Northmost Latitude -25.04 °
Southmost Latitude -25.34 °
Eastmost Longitude 337.80 °
Westmost Longitude 337.50 °
Diameter 17.90 km
Center Latitude -25.24 °
Center Longitude 337.60 °
Northmost Latitude -25.04 °
Southmost Latitude -25.34 °
Eastmost Longitude 22.20 °
Westmost Longitude 22.50 °
Diameter 17.90 km
Center Latitude -25.24 °
Center Longitude 22.40 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Oceania
Ethnicity New Zealand
Origin Town in New Zealand.
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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