Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Shikoku Facula

Basic Info

Feature Name Shikoku Facula
Clean Name Shikoku Facula
Feature ID 6999
Target Titan
Feature Type Facula, faculae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -7.00 °
Southmost Latitude -13.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 161.90 °
Westmost Longitude 166.60 °
Diameter 285.00 km
Center Latitude -10.40 °
Center Longitude 164.10 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Japan
Origin Japanese island.
Reference [74] - The Times Atlas of the World, Comprehensive Edition: The Times of London in collaboration with John Bartholomew and Son Ltd., Edinburgh, 1971 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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