The Argentea Planum is a plateau on the surface of Mars, located with the planetocentric coordinate system at -63.86 north latitude and 337.89° east longitude, measuring 1,370.64 km in diameter. The name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2003 and refers to one of the albedo characteristics on Mars.[1][2][3]
 Aregntea Planum, as seen by a NASA probe | |
| Feature type | Plateau |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 1,370 km |
See also
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edit- ^ Argentea Planum Diccionario geográfico de nomenclatura planetaria. Programa de Investigación de Astrogeología del USGS.
- ^ Antoniadi, EM. Librairie Scientifique, Hermann et Cie.. Mapa de características de albedo de Marte, (láminas 2-5), en La Planète Mars, 1930.
- ^ "Argentea Planum". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Retrieved 2024-09-24.