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Planetary Names: Tholus, tholi: Iaxartes Tholus on Mars

[Iaxartes Tholus]

Feature Name [Iaxartes Tholus]
Clean Name Iaxartes Tholus
Feature ID 6848
Target Mars
Feature Type Tholus, tholi
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network MDIM 2.0
Northernmost Latitude 71.80 °
Southernmost Latitude 71.80 °
Easternmost Longitude 345.00 °
Westernmost Longitude 345.00 °
Diameter 53.00 km
Center Latitude 71.80 °
Center Longitude 345.00 °
Northernmost Latitude 71.80 °
Southernmost Latitude 71.80 °
Easternmost Longitude 15.00 °
Westernmost Longitude 15.00 °
Diameter 53.00 km
Center Latitude 71.80 °
Center Longitude 15.00 °
Continent Europe
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country		 Greek
Quad mc01 [pdf]
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.
Approval Status Dropped, disallowed
Approval Date 1979
Origin Classical albedo feature name; name dropped 1979.
Last Updated Mar 01, 2007 1:57 PM

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