Gemina Lingula (Mars)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Lingula, lingulae
- IAU definition
Extension of plateau having rounded lobate or tongue-like boundaries
- Diameter
- 772.9 km, 23 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 81.87° N, 2.59° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- April 30, 2007
- 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 Gemina Lingula.
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 Laser Altimeter | 2,813 | September 15, 1997 | June 30, 2001 |
| Mars Global Surveyor · Mars Orbiter Camera | 10,064 | June 4, 1998 | October 11, 2006 |
| 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter · Thermal Emission Imaging System | 62,842 | March 9, 2002 | November 26, 2025 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Planetary Fourier Spectrometer | 7,428 | January 31, 2004 | December 31, 2018 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Observatoire Mineralogie, Eau, Glaces, Activite | 2,694 | January 31, 2004 | January 4, 2024 |
| ESA's Mars Express · High Resolution Stereo Camera | 1,496 | March 23, 2004 | July 4, 2025 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionsphere Sounding | 15,126 | July 4, 2005 | December 30, 2021 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars | 101,925 | September 27, 2006 | March 7, 2022 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Context Camera | 2,068 | September 28, 2006 | October 11, 2025 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment | 3,798 | September 30, 2006 | November 18, 2025 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Shallow Radar | 12,633 | December 6, 2006 | October 17, 2025 |
| ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter · Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System | 49 | October 8, 2019 | July 13, 2023 |
| Viking Orbiter 1 and 2 · Visual Imaging Subsystem Camera A/B | 1,141 | 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/14287
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms