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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tithoniae Catenae
Clean Name Tithoniae Catenae
Feature ID 6030
Target Mars
Feature Type Catena, catenae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -4.94 °
Southmost Latitude -5.83 °
Eastmost Longitude 282.50 °
Westmost Longitude 272.90 °
Diameter 567.00 km
Center Latitude -5.34 °
Center Longitude 277.60 °
Northmost Latitude -4.94 °
Southmost Latitude -5.83 °
Eastmost Longitude 77.50 °
Westmost Longitude 87.10 °
Diameter 567.00 km
Center Latitude -5.34 °
Center Longitude 82.40 °
Northmost Latitude -4.94 °
Southmost Latitude -5.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 282.53 °
Westmost Longitude 273.21 °
Diameter 562.00 km
Center Latitude -5.50 °
Center Longitude 278.18 °
Northmost Latitude -4.94 °
Southmost Latitude -5.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 77.47 °
Westmost Longitude 86.79 °
Diameter 562.00 km
Center Latitude -5.50 °
Center Longitude 81.82 °
Quad mc18 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1987
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Classical albedo feature name.
Reference [57] - Map of albedo features of Mars, (plates 2-5), in La Planéte Mars, by E.M. Antoniadi: Librairie Scientifique, Hermann et Cie., Paris, 1930.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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