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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tithoniae Fossae
Clean Name Tithoniae Fossae
Feature ID 6031
Target Mars
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -0.69 °
Southmost Latitude -7.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 284.00 °
Westmost Longitude 270.00 °
Diameter 820.00 km
Center Latitude -3.46 °
Center Longitude 278.00 °
Northmost Latitude -0.69 °
Southmost Latitude -7.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 76.00 °
Westmost Longitude 90.00 °
Diameter 820.00 km
Center Latitude -3.46 °
Center Longitude 82.00 °
Northmost Latitude -0.50 °
Southmost Latitude -7.53 °
Eastmost Longitude 283.63 °
Westmost Longitude 270.43 °
Diameter 838.00 km
Center Latitude -4.32 °
Center Longitude 276.96 °
Northmost Latitude -0.50 °
Southmost Latitude -7.53 °
Eastmost Longitude 76.37 °
Westmost Longitude 89.57 °
Diameter 838.00 km
Center Latitude -4.32 °
Center Longitude 83.04 °
Quad mc18 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Culture Latin
Origin Classical albedo 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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