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Yaodian Fossae

Fossa, fossae · 15 km across · 25.12°, 109.84° · Mars
溝・差し渡し約15km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Named for nearby crater, Yaodian.
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 Yaodian 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6 km
Maji クレーター6 km
Gujiang クレーター9 km
Yaodian クレーター9 km
Qidu Fossae 13 km
Huxiang クレーター14 km
Zhouzhuang クレーター15 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