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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Windfall
Clean Name Windfall
Feature ID 6557
Target Mars
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -1.94 °
Southmost Latitude -2.23 °
Eastmost Longitude 316.82 °
Westmost Longitude 316.53 °
Diameter 17.55 km
Center Latitude -2.09 °
Center Longitude 316.67 °
Northmost Latitude -1.94 °
Southmost Latitude -2.23 °
Eastmost Longitude 43.18 °
Westmost Longitude 43.47 °
Diameter 17.55 km
Center Latitude -2.09 °
Center Longitude 43.33 °
Northmost Latitude -1.98 °
Southmost Latitude -2.27 °
Eastmost Longitude 316.80 °
Westmost Longitude 316.50 °
Diameter 17.90 km
Center Latitude -2.08 °
Center Longitude 316.60 °
Northmost Latitude -1.98 °
Southmost Latitude -2.27 °
Eastmost Longitude 43.20 °
Westmost Longitude 43.50 °
Diameter 17.90 km
Center Latitude -2.08 °
Center Longitude 43.40 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent North America
Ethnicity Canada
Origin Town in Alberta, Canada.
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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