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Venus Nomenclature: Tessera, tesserae

See Tessera, tesserae in the descriptor terms page for additional information.

Direction of Increasing Longitude: east
Longitude Range: 0° to 360°

Tools Name[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order] CLAT[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order] CLON[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order] DIAM[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order] AS[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order] Origin[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order]
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 30.0 55.0 750.0 5 Greek goddess of law.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 53.3 137.0 1,060.0 5 Greek goddess of necessity.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 35.0 175.0 1,800.0 5 Greek goddess of wisdom.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 71.5 304.0 469.0 5 Greek; one of three Fates.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 61.0 200.0 1,485.0 5 Israeli goddess of fate.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -3.0 270.0 1,500.0 5 Hopi (SW USA) goddess of insane.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -42.0 29.0 500.0 5 Irish bird goddess of afterlife.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 56.4 334.9 289.0 5 Greek; one of three Fates.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -62.0 23.0 1,600.0 5 Quechua (Peru) happiness goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 57.4 71.8 1,363.0 5 Latvian goddess of fate.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -8.0 296.0 1,100.0 5 E. Slavic good fate goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -60.0 244.0 400.0 5 Chinese life/death ruling goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 69.9 45.1 2,801.0 5 Roman goddess of chance.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -1.0 38.0 700.0 5 Fon (Benin) goddess of guessing.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 17.0 121.0 1,600.0 5 Lithuanian goddess of time.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -39.0 250.0 300.0 5 Lithuanian bad fate goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 6.0 127.0 2,600.0 5 Navajo good health goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -42.0 54.0 1,400.0 6 Tonga underworld goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -53.0 250.0 350.0 5 Iranian happiness bird.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -28.0 101.0 1,100.0 5 Semitic underworld goddess, kept hour of death records.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 75.7 317.6 380.0 5 Aztec goddess of fate.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 36.0 27.0 1,000.0 5 E. Slavic goddess of saddness.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 39.5 108.8 653.0 5 Ulchian (Siberia) folklore toad that brings happiness.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 44.4 300.1 664.0 5 Greek, one of three Fates.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 29.0 189.0 1,300.0 5 Melanesian dead souls goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 55.0 48.5 971.0 5 Latvian and Lithuanian goddess of fate.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -51.0 15.0 800.0 5 Tibetan time and fate goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 40.0 134.0 1,200.0 5 E. Slavic deity of bad fate.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 9.2 38.5 370.0 5 Egyptian goddess of judicial authority and executions.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 70.0 157.0 400.0 5 Korean helping goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -52.0 305.0 300.0 5 Chinese goddess of immortality.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 22.0 44.0 900.0 5 Akkadian destiny goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -4.0 64.0 3,800.0 5 Semitic goddess of fate.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 39.0 359.5 1,354.0 5 Ancestress who possesses the book of fate in Mongol, Tibetan, Buriat mythologies.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 48.1 77.9 454.0 5 Semitic goddess of fate.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 65.8 103.1 1,056.0 5 Egyptian goddess of fortune.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -20.0 30.0 1,300.0 5 Assyrian fate goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 58.7 310.5 361.0 5 Greek fate goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 5.0 294.0 1,200.0 5 E. Slavic bad fate goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 40.0 181.0 355.0 5 Greek goddess of fate.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -50.0 263.0 700.0 5 Norse fate goddess; there are three Nornas weaving fate thread.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -49.0 160.0 650.0 5 Etruscan fate goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -9.0 157.0 1,000.0 5 Rapanui (Easter Isl.) fate goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 82.0 85.0 900.0 5 Scandinavian fortune deity.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -33.0 49.0 1,200.0 5 Hopi goddess of dreams and the insane.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -1.5 48.5 850.0 5 Roman health and prosperity goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 50.0 292.0 1,400.0 5 Roman goddess of old age.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -54.0 173.5 220.0 5 Egyptian human destiny goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 31.9 97.7 1,275.0 5 Babylonian; Ishtar as the goddess of fate.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 24.0 134.0 1,000.0 5 Scandinavian goddess of wisdom.

Tools Name[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order] CLAT[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order] CLON[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order] DIAM[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order] AS[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order] Origin[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order]
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -45.0 243.0 500.0 5 Egyptian goddess of Sirius star and the forthcoming year.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 33.0 270.0 4,200.0 5 Slavic fate deities (three sisters).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -37.0 112.0 500.0 5 Czech goddess of fate.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 42.6 76.8 2,329.0 5 Greek Titaness
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -42.0 54.0 1,400.0 5 Hindu deity of resignation to fate. Name changed from Hikuleo Tesserae.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -44.0 14.5 575.0 5 Greek goddess of fate.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -40.0 174.5 250.0 5 Norse fate goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -43.0 265.0 450.0 5 Old Russian goddess of chance.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 27.0 40.0 1,200.0 5 Adygan wise predictor.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -58.0 160.0 600.0 5 Lithuanian life thread goddess.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 56.1 239.7 782.0 5 One of the names of Fortuna, Roman goddess of chance.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -30.0 62.0 1,300.0 5 Chinese goddess of west, keeper of medicine for eternal life.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 39.0 261.0 1,200.0 5 Japanese spirit of death.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 33.0 300.0 450.0 5 Belorussian happiness goddess.

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