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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Dekla Tessera
Clean Name Dekla Tessera
Feature ID 1465
Target Venus
Feature Type Tessera, tesserae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 56.20 °
Southmost Latitude 53.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 82.70 °
Westmost Longitude 62.40 °
Diameter 1363.00 km
Center Latitude 57.40 °
Center Longitude 71.80 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latvia
Origin Latvian goddess of fate.
Reference [64] - Large Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 30 volumes: Sov. Entsikl., Moscow, 1969-1978 (in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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