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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Amenthes Cavi
Clean Name Amenthes Cavi
Feature ID 6960
Target Mars
Feature Type Cavus, cavi

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 18.79 °
Southmost Latitude 12.16 °
Eastmost Longitude 126.00 °
Westmost Longitude 103.00 °
Diameter 1340.00 km
Center Latitude 15.82 °
Center Longitude 115.00 °
Northmost Latitude 18.79 °
Southmost Latitude 12.16 °
Eastmost Longitude 234.00 °
Westmost Longitude 257.00 °
Diameter 1340.00 km
Center Latitude 15.82 °
Center Longitude 245.00 °
Northmost Latitude 18.90 °
Southmost Latitude 12.29 °
Eastmost Longitude 125.84 °
Westmost Longitude 102.98 °
Diameter 1330.50 km
Center Latitude 16.23 °
Center Longitude 114.52 °
Northmost Latitude 18.90 °
Southmost Latitude 12.29 °
Eastmost Longitude 234.16 °
Westmost Longitude 257.02 °
Diameter 1330.50 km
Center Latitude 16.23 °
Center Longitude 245.48 °
Quad mc14 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Egypt
Origin Classical albedo feature name.
Reference [71] - Mars and its Satellites, A Detailed Commentary on the Nomenclature, 2nd edition, by Jürgen Blunck: Exposition Press, Smithtown, New York, 1982.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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