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    region. The northeastern region of Syrtis Major Planum was also considered a potential landing site. Syrtis Major is centered near at 8°24′N 69°30′E...
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  • Syrtis Major may refer to: Syrtis Major Planum, ancient volcanic area on Mars Gulf of Sidra, body of water on the coast of Libya This disambiguation page...
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  • Syrtis Major Planum is a "dark spot" (an albedo feature) located in the boundary between the northern lowlands and southern highlands of Mars Syrtis Minor...
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    30° north on Mars. Syrtis Major quadrangle includes Syrtis Major Planum and parts of Terra Sabaea and Isidis Planitia. Syrtis Major is an old shield volcano...
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  • rules of planetary nomenclature. Plains may be named denoted "planitia" or "planum", depending on height. Planitia (plural: planitiae) is Latin for plain....
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    Isidis Planitia (category Syrtis Major quadrangle)
    over. Eskers formed under the ice. Just to the west of Isidis is Syrtis Major Planum, a low-relief shield volcano that is a prominent dark albedo feature...
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    submarine was named after Syrtis Major Planum region of Mars; thus far, she has been the only ship to bear the name "Syrtis". After training off several...
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    HiRISE under HiWish program. Location is the Elysium quadrangle. Syrtis Major Planum is a vast Hesperian-aged shield volcano located within the albedo...
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    in 2004. The first albedo feature ever seen on another planet was Syrtis Major Planum on Mars in the 17th century. Today, thanks to space probes, very...
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    Russia.) Alba Mons Olympus Mons Arsia Mons Ascraeus Mons Pavonis Mons Syrtis Major Planum Maat Mons Theia Mons Io Io, a moon of Jupiter, has several volcanoes...
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    formed on the large volcanic construct of either Tharsis, Elysium, or Syrtis Major Planum. A 2017 study dated them to at least four different eruptions from...
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  • by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1993 after Syrtis Major Planum, the prominent dark feature on the planet Mars, first described by...
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    distinct albedo features on the planet, including the dark patch Syrtis Major Planum and polar ice caps. They were able to determine the planet's rotation...
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    nomenclature was dropped (for instance, his "Kaiser Sea" became Syrtis Major Planum). He used old drawings of Mars dating back to 1666 to try to determine...
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    Kaiser. In Richard Proctor's now-abandoned Martian nomenclature, Syrtis Major Planum was called the "Kaiser Sea". This nomenclature was later dropped...
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  • Nebula, part of the Lagoon Nebula Hourglass Sea, an early name for Syrtis Major Planum, a feature of Mars Hourglass corset, a type of undergarment Hourglass...
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    crater, Holden crater, Jezero crater, Mawrth Vallis, Northeastern Syrtis Major Planum, Nili Fossae, and Southwestern Melas Chasma. A workshop was held...
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    Nilo Syrtis (or Nilosyrtis) is a region just north of Syrtis Major Planum on Mars, at approximately 23°N, 76°E and an elevation of −0.5 km. It marks a...
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    formed on the large volcanic construct of either Tharsis, Elysium, or Syrtis Major Planum. It has been shown that the nakhlites were suffused with liquid water...
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    seen from Earth is Syrtis Major Planum. The permanent northern polar ice cap is named Planum Boreum. The southern cap is called Planum Australe. Mars's...
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    picked up various informal names (such as the Hourglass Sea for our Syrtis Major Planum) but there was no overall system. The first astronomer to name Martian...
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    needed] Dacite is found extraterrestrially at Nili Patera caldera of Syrtis Major Planum on Mars. The word dacite comes from Dacia, a province of the Roman...
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  • village in Patepur Tehsil, Vaishali, Bihar, India Nilo Syrtis, a region just north of Syrtis Major Planum on Mars Nile (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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    used the name "Canale Atlantico" for what later came to be called Syrtis Major Planum. The canals were named by Schiaparelli and others[who?] after both...
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    Sirenum and Aurorae Sinus. The largest dark feature seen from Earth is Syrtis Major Planum. The shield volcano, Olympus Mons (Mount Olympus), rises 22 km above...
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    Antoniadi (Martian crater) (category Syrtis Major quadrangle)
    Antoniadi is a crater on Syrtis Major Planum in the Syrtis Major quadrangle, Mars, located at 21.5° north latitude and 299.2° west longitude. It is 394 km...
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    0° to 40° S latitude. However, the most prominent dark marking, Syrtis Major Planum, is in the northern hemisphere, outside this belt. The classical...
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    Martian surface; they are most prominent in Hesperia Planum, Syrtis Major Planum, Lunae Planum, Malea Planum, and the Syria-Solis-Sinai Plana in southern Tharsis...
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    0° to 40° S latitude. However, the most prominent dark marking, Syrtis Major Planum, is in the northern hemisphere. The classical albedo feature, Mare...
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    Nili Fossae (category Syrtis Major quadrangle)
    Trough Craddock, R. 1994. Geological history of Isidis Planitia and Syrtis Major Planum, Mars. Houston, Texas, LPS XXV. 291–292 "Seven Possible MSL Landing...
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