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Planetary Names: Patera, paterae: Witte Patera on Venus

Witte Patera

Feature Name	Witte Patera
Clean Name	Witte Patera
Feature ID	14174
Target	Venus
Feature Type	Patera, paterae
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	-25.60 °
Southernmost Latitude	-26.00 °
Easternmost Longitude	247.90 °
Westernmost Longitude	247.40 °
Diameter	35.00 km
Center Latitude	-25.80 °
Center Longitude	247.65 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((247.4 -25.6, 247.9 -25.6, 247.9 -26, 247.4 -26, 247.4 -25.6)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Germany
Quad	v52 [pdf]
Reference	[188] - Wilhelmine Wittes Präzisionsrelief des Mondes. Eine Pionierarbeit im Urteil der Wissenschaft, by Jürgen Blunck, in Beiträge zur Astronomiegeschichte, Bd.8, Frankfurt a.M. 2006, Acta Historica Astronomiae, vol.29, pp.150-180.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	2006
Origin	Wilhelmine; German astronomer (1777-1854).
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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