Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Ara Fluctus

Basic Info

Feature Name Ara Fluctus
Clean Name Ara Fluctus
Feature ID 14274
Target Titan
Feature Type Fluctus, fluctūs

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 40.40 °
Southmost Latitude 39.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 117.60 °
Westmost Longitude 119.00 °
Diameter 70.00 km
Center Latitude 39.80 °
Center Longitude 118.40 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 02, 2007
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Armenian
Origin Armenian god famous for his beauty, also known as a resurrected god who dies and is reborn periodically.
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Mar 02, 2007 10:58 AM

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