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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4427. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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The largest volcano on Mars, and the largest in the solar system, centered at 18.4 °N, 133.1 °W. It coincides with the albedo feature visible from Earth known as Nix Olympica, the `Snows of Olympus', after the mountain in Greece which in legend was the home of the gods. Olympus Mons rises to a height of 27 km above Mars's mean surface level, and in its greatest horizontal dimension measures 624 k...

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