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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Istustaya Tesserae
Clean Name Istustaya Tesserae
Feature ID 15864
Target Venus
Feature Type Tessera, tesserae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -6.75 °
Southmost Latitude -10.76 °
Eastmost Longitude 44.63 °
Westmost Longitude 39.82 °
Diameter 505.00 km
Center Latitude -8.76 °
Center Longitude 42.23 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 06, 2019
Continent Asia
Culture Hittite
Origin Hattian/Hittite goddess of destiny, who spins the threads of fate.
Reference [546] - Historical Dictionary of the Hittites. 2nd Edition. By Charles Burney. Rowman & Littlefield. 2018. P. 118.
Updated Nov 06, 2019 3:10 PM

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