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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name [Kison Tholus]
Clean Name Kison Tholus
Feature ID 6857
Target Mars
Feature Type Tholus, tholi

Location


MDIM 2.0
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 72.81 °
Southmost Latitude 72.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 2.00 °
Westmost Longitude 2.00 °
Diameter 50.00 km
Center Latitude 72.81 °
Center Longitude 2.00 °
Northmost Latitude 72.81 °
Southmost Latitude 72.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 358.00 °
Westmost Longitude 358.00 °
Diameter 50.00 km
Center Latitude 72.81 °
Center Longitude 358.00 °
Quad mc01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Dropped, disallowed
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Classical albedo feature name; name dropped in 1979.
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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