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Dioscuria

Albedo Feature · 49.67°, 40° · Mars
地形

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

"Home of Dioscuri," Polydeuces and Pollux; symbolic name for Sparta.
Source of the name: Greek (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1958 · Other features named after Greek

SEE IT · 地図で見る

Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (MOLA), and the night-time infrared comes from THEMIS.
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NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Lyot クレーター408 km
Protonilus Mensae メサ497 km
Ismeniae Fossae 500 km
Moreux クレーター503 km
Protonilus 地形518 km
Cecropia 地形595 km
Arnon 地形598 km
Sinton クレーター631 km
Great-circle distances on a sphere of radius 3,396.19 km.
Names and their origins come from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS Astrogeology), retrieved 2026-08-14.
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DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA MGS MOLA · NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS