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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name [Galaxias Mensae]
Clean Name Galaxias Mensae
Feature ID 6832
Target Mars
Feature Type Mensa, mensae

Location


MDIM 2.0
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 37.47 °
Southmost Latitude 34.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 150.10 °
Westmost Longitude 144.10 °
Diameter 327.00 km
Center Latitude 36.18 °
Center Longitude 147.30 °
Northmost Latitude 37.47 °
Southmost Latitude 34.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 209.90 °
Westmost Longitude 215.90 °
Diameter 327.00 km
Center Latitude 36.18 °
Center Longitude 212.70 °
Quad mc07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Dropped, disallowed
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Albedo feature name. (Named dropped. Feature is part of Galaxias Colles.)
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 Mar 01, 2007 1:57 PM

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