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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tenuis Cavus
Clean Name Tenuis Cavus
Feature ID 6963
Target Mars
Feature Type Cavus, cavi

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 85.08 °
Southmost Latitude 84.38 °
Eastmost Longitude 3.96 °
Westmost Longitude 357.40 °
Diameter 51.53 km
Center Latitude 84.76 °
Center Longitude 1.39 °
Northmost Latitude 85.08 °
Southmost Latitude 84.38 °
Eastmost Longitude 356.04 °
Westmost Longitude 2.60 °
Diameter 51.53 km
Center Latitude 84.76 °
Center Longitude 358.61 °
Northmost Latitude 84.94 °
Southmost Latitude 84.23 °
Eastmost Longitude 357.00 °
Westmost Longitude 3.00 °
Diameter 35.00 km
Center Latitude 84.64 °
Center Longitude 360.00 °
Northmost Latitude 84.94 °
Southmost Latitude 84.23 °
Eastmost Longitude 3.00 °
Westmost Longitude 357.00 °
Diameter 35.00 km
Center Latitude 84.64 °
Center Longitude 0.00 °
Quad mc01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Classical albedo feature name.
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 Jul 24, 2013 1:41 PM

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