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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ezili Tholus
Clean Name Ezili Tholus
Feature ID 14220
Target Venus
Feature Type Tholus, tholi

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 24.20 °
Southmost Latitude 23.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 92.00 °
Westmost Longitude 90.70 °
Diameter 150.00 km
Center Latitude 23.70 °
Center Longitude 91.30 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 25, 2006
Continent Africa
Culture Benin
Origin Benin (West Africa) goddess of "sweet water," beauty, and love.
Reference [127] - Goddesses in World Mythology, by Martha Ann and Dorothy Myers Imel: ABC-CLIO, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA 1993.
Updated Jan 16, 2007 4:04 PM

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