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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Vaals
Clean Name Vaals
Feature ID 6268
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -3.87 °
Southmost Latitude -4.05 °
Eastmost Longitude 327.12 °
Westmost Longitude 326.93 °
Diameter 10.85 km
Center Latitude -3.96 °
Center Longitude 327.03 °
Northmost Latitude -3.87 °
Southmost Latitude -4.05 °
Eastmost Longitude 32.88 °
Westmost Longitude 33.07 °
Diameter 10.85 km
Center Latitude -3.96 °
Center Longitude 32.97 °
Northmost Latitude -3.85 °
Southmost Latitude -4.05 °
Eastmost Longitude 327.00 °
Westmost Longitude 326.90 °
Diameter 10.60 km
Center Latitude -3.95 °
Center Longitude 327.00 °
Northmost Latitude -3.85 °
Southmost Latitude -4.05 °
Eastmost Longitude 33.00 °
Westmost Longitude 33.10 °
Diameter 10.60 km
Center Latitude -3.95 °
Center Longitude 33.00 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity The Netherlands (Dutch)
Origin Town in the Netherlands.
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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