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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name [Terra Meridiani]
Clean Name Terra Meridiani
Feature ID 6912
Target Mars
Feature Type Terra, terrae

Location


MDIM 2.0
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -7.61 °
Southmost Latitude -8.11 °
Eastmost Longitude 360.00 °
Westmost Longitude 0.00 °
Diameter 1622.00 km
Center Latitude -7.12 °
Center Longitude 4.00 °
Northmost Latitude -7.61 °
Southmost Latitude -8.11 °
Eastmost Longitude -0.00 °
Westmost Longitude 360.00 °
Diameter 1622.00 km
Center Latitude -7.12 °
Center Longitude 356.00 °
Quad mc20 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Dropped, disallowed
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Classical albedo feature name. Name dropped when new boundaries for regional features were defined in July, 2001.
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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