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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tyrrhena Fossae
Clean Name Tyrrhena Fossae
Feature ID 6172
Target Mars
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -20.28 °
Southmost Latitude -23.85 °
Eastmost Longitude 107.30 °
Westmost Longitude 103.60 °
Diameter 287.00 km
Center Latitude -22.26 °
Center Longitude 105.70 °
Northmost Latitude -20.28 °
Southmost Latitude -23.85 °
Eastmost Longitude 252.70 °
Westmost Longitude 256.40 °
Diameter 287.00 km
Center Latitude -22.26 °
Center Longitude 254.30 °
Northmost Latitude -20.04 °
Southmost Latitude -23.83 °
Eastmost Longitude 107.39 °
Westmost Longitude 103.68 °
Diameter 305.55 km
Center Latitude -22.23 °
Center Longitude 105.80 °
Northmost Latitude -20.04 °
Southmost Latitude -23.83 °
Eastmost Longitude 252.61 °
Westmost Longitude 256.32 °
Diameter 305.55 km
Center Latitude -22.23 °
Center Longitude 254.20 °
Quad mc22 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Classical albedo 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 Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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