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Planetary Names: Tessera, tesserae: Dekla Tessera on Venus

Dekla Tessera

Feature Name	Dekla Tessera
Clean Name	Dekla Tessera
Feature ID	1465
Target	Venus
Feature Type	Tessera, tesserae
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	56.20 °
Southernmost Latitude	53.30 °
Easternmost Longitude	82.70 °
Westernmost Longitude	62.40 °
Diameter	1363.00 km
Center Latitude	57.40 °
Center Longitude	71.80 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((62.4 53.3, 82.7 53.3, 82.7 56.2, 62.4 56.2, 62.4 53.3)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Latvia
Quad	v03 [pdf]
Reference	[64] - Large Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 30 volumes: Sov. Entsikl., Moscow, 1969-1978 (in Russian).
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1985
Origin	Latvian goddess of fate.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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Dekla Tessera

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