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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Fulgora Dorsa
Clean Name Fulgora Dorsa
Feature ID 14594
Target Venus
Feature Type Dorsum, dorsa

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 78.70 °
Southmost Latitude 78.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 355.00 °
Westmost Longitude 330.00 °
Diameter 463.00 km
Center Latitude 78.50 °
Center Longitude 342.00 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 04, 2009
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Roman goddess of lightning.
Reference [127] - Goddesses in World Mythology, by Martha Ann and Dorothy Myers Imel: ABC-CLIO, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA 1993.
Updated Sep 04, 2009 7:38 AM

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