Aeolis Mensae (Mars)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Mensa, mensae
- IAU definition
A flat-topped prominence with cliff-like edges
- Diameter
- 785.1 km, 23 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 3.25° S, 140.63° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- 1976
- Origin of the name
Classical albedo feature name.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Aeolis Mensae.
Observed by
Instruments whose footprint touches this formation, counted by the PDS Orbital Data Explorer (data frozen on September 29, 2026). A footprint that touches it is not a study of it.
| Mission and instrument | Products | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mars Global Surveyor · Mars Orbiter Camera | 12,310 | September 15, 1997 | October 16, 2006 |
| Mars Global Surveyor · Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter | 352 | September 15, 1997 | June 30, 2001 |
| 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter · Thermal Emission Imaging System | 21,670 | March 3, 2002 | November 26, 2025 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Planetary Fourier Spectrometer | 2,055 | January 19, 2004 | December 29, 2018 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Observatoire Mineralogie, Eau, Glaces, Activite | 614 | May 6, 2004 | December 14, 2023 |
| ESA's Mars Express · High Resolution Stereo Camera | 652 | February 1, 2005 | August 31, 2024 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionsphere Sounding | 1,915 | July 3, 2005 | April 11, 2022 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Context Camera | 1,248 | September 29, 2006 | May 30, 2026 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars | 14,451 | September 30, 2006 | May 4, 2022 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment | 1,489 | September 30, 2006 | July 17, 2026 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Shallow Radar | 1,203 | March 26, 2007 | October 18, 2025 |
| ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter · Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System | 1,149 | April 28, 2018 | December 19, 2024 |
| Viking Orbiter 1 and 2 · Visual Imaging Subsystem Camera A/B | 378 | no date published | no date published |
Sources
International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, read on October 23, 2026. Feature page: https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/66
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms