Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tyrrhena Terra
Clean Name Tyrrhena Terra
Feature ID 6175
Target Mars
Feature Type Terra, terrae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 7.50 °
Southmost Latitude -33.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 108.70 °
Westmost Longitude 72.00 °
Diameter 2470.14 km
Center Latitude -11.90 °
Center Longitude 88.84 °
Quad mc21 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
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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