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The new Martian nomenclature of the International Astronomical UnionA new nomenclature for Martian regions and topographic features uncovered by Mariner 9, as officially adopted by the International Astronomical Union, is described. About 180 craters generally of diameters greater than 100 km have been named, as well as 13 classes of topographic features designated catena, chasma, dorsum, fossa, labyrinthus, mensa, mons, patera, planitia, planum, tholus, vallis, and vastitas. In addition seven craters and the Kepler Dorsum are named on Phobos, and two craters on Deimos. Coordinates and maps of each named feature are displayed.
Document ID
19760031400
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
De Vaucouleurs, G.
(Texas, University Austin, Tex., United States)
Davies, M.
(Rand Corp. Santa Monica, Calif., United States)
Dollfus, A.
(Paris, Observatoire, Meudon Hauts-de-Seine, France)
Koval, I. K.
(Glavnaia Astronomicheskaia Observatoriia Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, United States)
Masursky, H.
(U.S. Geological Survey Flagstaff, Ariz., United States)
Miyamoto, S.
(Kwasan Observatory Kyoto, Japan)
Moroz, V. I.
(Akademiia Nauk SSSR Institut Kosmicheskikh Issledovanii, Moscow, Ussr)
Sagan, C.
(Cornell University Ithaca, N.Y., United States)
Blunck, J.
(Academy of Sciences (USSR) Moscow, Ussr)
Kuiper, G. P.
(Academy of Sciences (USSR) Moscow, Ussr)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1975
Publication Information
Publication: Icarus
Volume: 26
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
76A14366
Distribution Limits
Public
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