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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Xanthe Dorsa
Clean Name Xanthe Dorsa
Feature ID 6597
Target Mars
Feature Type Dorsum, dorsa

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 49.67 °
Southmost Latitude 11.86 °
Eastmost Longitude 350.00 °
Westmost Longitude 308.00 °
Diameter 2700.00 km
Center Latitude 29.71 °
Center Longitude 325.00 °
Northmost Latitude 49.67 °
Southmost Latitude 11.86 °
Eastmost Longitude 10.00 °
Westmost Longitude 52.00 °
Diameter 2700.00 km
Center Latitude 29.71 °
Center Longitude 35.00 °
Northmost Latitude 49.72 °
Southmost Latitude 12.07 °
Eastmost Longitude 349.30 °
Westmost Longitude 308.89 °
Diameter 0.00 km
Center Latitude 35.90 °
Center Longitude 325.96 °
Northmost Latitude 49.72 °
Southmost Latitude 12.07 °
Eastmost Longitude 10.70 °
Westmost Longitude 51.11 °
Diameter 0.00 km
Center Latitude 35.90 °
Center Longitude 34.04 °
Quad mc04 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
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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