Lucus Planum
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| } Topographic map showing the boundaries of Lucus Planum | |
| Feature type | Plateau |
|---|---|
| Location | Mare Tyrrhenum quadrangle, Mars |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).[1] |
| Diameter | ~900 km[1] |
| Eponym | Latin lucus |
Lucus Planum is a region on Mars, named after an albedo feature. Its name was approved by the IAU in 1997.[1] The center latitude of the feature is 4.99 degrees S and the center longitude is 182.83 degrees.[1] It lies just to the east and north east of the volcano Apollinaris Patera. Lucus Planum lies in both the Memnonia quadrangle and the Aeolis quadrangles. It is part of a region called the "Medusae Fossae Formation"[2] Part of this region is covered with yardangs. They are formed by the action of wind on sand sized particles; hence they often point in the direction that the winds were blowing when they were formed.[3][4] Views of yardangs in this region are shown below.
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Closer view of yardangs from previous image, as seen with CTX.
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Close view of yardangs in previous image, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program
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