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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Varus Valles
Clean Name Varus Valles
Feature ID 6324
Target Mars
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -7.91 °
Southmost Latitude -9.39 °
Eastmost Longitude 204.30 °
Westmost Longitude 203.50 °
Diameter 92.00 km
Center Latitude -8.60 °
Center Longitude 203.80 °
Northmost Latitude -7.91 °
Southmost Latitude -9.39 °
Eastmost Longitude 155.70 °
Westmost Longitude 156.50 °
Diameter 92.00 km
Center Latitude -8.60 °
Center Longitude 156.20 °
Northmost Latitude -7.89 °
Southmost Latitude -9.32 °
Eastmost Longitude 204.43 °
Westmost Longitude 203.48 °
Diameter 90.12 km
Center Latitude -8.57 °
Center Longitude 204.01 °
Northmost Latitude -7.89 °
Southmost Latitude -9.32 °
Eastmost Longitude 155.57 °
Westmost Longitude 156.52 °
Diameter 90.12 km
Center Latitude -8.57 °
Center Longitude 155.99 °
Quad mc16 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1988
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Classical name for present Var River, France.
Reference [56] - Everymans Classical Atlas, by J. Oliver Thomson: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., London, 1963.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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