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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Vastitas Borealis
Clean Name Vastitas Borealis
Feature ID 6333
Target Mars
Feature Type Vastitas, vastitates

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 82.08 °
Southmost Latitude 48.25 °
Eastmost Longitude 360.00 °
Westmost Longitude 0.00 °
Diameter 2002.91 km
Center Latitude 87.73 °
Center Longitude 32.53 °
Northmost Latitude 82.08 °
Southmost Latitude 48.25 °
Eastmost Longitude 0.00 °
Westmost Longitude 360.00 °
Diameter 2002.91 km
Center Latitude 87.73 °
Center Longitude 327.47 °
Northmost Latitude 90.00 °
Southmost Latitude 54.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 360.00 °
Westmost Longitude 0.00 °
Diameter 4100.00 km
Center Latitude 67.26 °
Center Longitude 180.00 °
Northmost Latitude 90.00 °
Southmost Latitude 54.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 0.00 °
Westmost Longitude 360.00 °
Diameter 4100.00 km
Center Latitude 67.26 °
Center Longitude 180.00 °
Quad mc01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
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 Jun 21, 2012 2:04 PM

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