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Qidu Fossae

Fossa, fossae · 12 km across · 25.08°, 110.07° · Mars
溝・差し渡し約12km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Named for nearby crater, Qidu.
Source of the name: China (Asia) · Approved by the IAU Dec 03, 2021 · Other features named after China

SEE IT · 地図で見る

Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (MOLA), and the night-time infrared comes from THEMIS.
Open the map centred on Qidu Fossae

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Tianzhushan クレーター8 km
Maji クレーター9 km
Wuxing クレーター10 km
Qidu クレーター10 km
Gujiang クレーター11 km
Gutian クレーター11 km
Yangliuqing クレーター11 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