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Argyre Planitia

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | 329 words | Copyright

Argyre Planitia A lowland plain within the Argyre impact basin in the southern hemisphere of Mars, visible telescopically from Earth as a pale circular patch, centred at -50° lat., 44° W long. Argyre is the second-largest impact basin on Mars, about 800 km wide and over 4 km deeper than its surroundings.

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