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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Utopia Rupēs
Clean Name Utopia Rupes
Feature ID 6261
Target Mars
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 63.73 °
Southmost Latitude 20.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 107.00 °
Westmost Longitude 67.00 °
Diameter 2550.00 km
Center Latitude 39.67 °
Center Longitude 90.00 °
Northmost Latitude 63.73 °
Southmost Latitude 20.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 253.00 °
Westmost Longitude 293.00 °
Diameter 2550.00 km
Center Latitude 39.67 °
Center Longitude 270.00 °
Northmost Latitude 63.12 °
Southmost Latitude 22.15 °
Eastmost Longitude 104.78 °
Westmost Longitude 67.31 °
Diameter 2492.68 km
Center Latitude 43.53 °
Center Longitude 86.03 °
Northmost Latitude 63.12 °
Southmost Latitude 22.15 °
Eastmost Longitude 255.22 °
Westmost Longitude 292.69 °
Diameter 2492.68 km
Center Latitude 43.53 °
Center Longitude 273.97 °
Quad mc06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2003
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Named for calssical albedo feature at 55N, 260W.
Reference [71] - Mars and its Satellites, A Detailed Commentary on the Nomenclature, 2nd edition, by Jürgen Blunck: Exposition Press, Smithtown, New York, 1982.
Updated Aug 27, 2013 2:56 PM
Additional Information Changed from Utopia Rupes to Utopia Rupēs August 27, 2013.

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