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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tsukuba
Clean Name Tsukuba
Feature ID 6111
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 48.60 °
Southmost Latitude 48.57 °
Eastmost Longitude 134.02 °
Westmost Longitude 133.97 °
Diameter 1.86 km
Center Latitude 48.58 °
Center Longitude 134.00 °
Northmost Latitude 48.60 °
Southmost Latitude 48.57 °
Eastmost Longitude 225.98 °
Westmost Longitude 226.03 °
Diameter 1.86 km
Center Latitude 48.58 °
Center Longitude 226.00 °
Northmost Latitude 48.56 °
Southmost Latitude 48.56 °
Eastmost Longitude 133.90 °
Westmost Longitude 133.90 °
Diameter 1.80 km
Center Latitude 48.56 °
Center Longitude 133.90 °
Northmost Latitude 48.56 °
Southmost Latitude 48.56 °
Eastmost Longitude 226.10 °
Westmost Longitude 226.10 °
Diameter 1.80 km
Center Latitude 48.56 °
Center Longitude 226.10 °
Quad mc07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Japan
Origin Japanese mission control site.
Reference [36] - National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).
Updated Nov 17, 2010 9:59 AM

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