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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tractus Catena
Clean Name Tractus Catena
Feature ID 6074
Target Mars
Feature Type Catena, catenae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 34.28 °
Southmost Latitude 19.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 260.00 °
Westmost Longitude 255.80 °
Diameter 897.00 km
Center Latitude 27.82 °
Center Longitude 257.30 °
Northmost Latitude 34.28 °
Southmost Latitude 19.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 100.00 °
Westmost Longitude 104.20 °
Diameter 897.00 km
Center Latitude 27.82 °
Center Longitude 102.70 °
Northmost Latitude 34.36 °
Southmost Latitude 19.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 260.13 °
Westmost Longitude 255.95 °
Diameter 910.57 km
Center Latitude 27.00 °
Center Longitude 257.21 °
Northmost Latitude 34.36 °
Southmost Latitude 19.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 99.87 °
Westmost Longitude 104.05 °
Diameter 910.57 km
Center Latitude 27.00 °
Center Longitude 102.79 °
Quad mc09 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
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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