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New Names for Five Paterae and One Cavus on Mars

The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved names for five paterae and one cavus on Mars: Eden Patera, Euphrates Patera, Ismenia Patera, Oxus Patera, Oxus Cavus, and Siloe Patera. For more information, see the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.

Entry posted by Jennifer Blue on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 09:46. Filed under Planetary Nomenclature. The author does not allow comments to this entry.