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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Viking Terra
Clean Name Viking Terra
Feature ID 15969
Target Pluto
Feature Type Terra, terrae

Location


Pluto
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 39.06 °
Southmost Latitude -14.39 °
Eastmost Longitude 167.14 °
Westmost Longitude 134.80 °
Diameter 1171.00 km
Center Latitude 12.34 °
Center Longitude 150.97 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 03, 2021
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin US Mars orbiter and landed missions that conducted the first successful explorations of the surface of Mars, 1976 to 1982.
Reference [606] - A Dictionary of the Space Age, by Paul Dickson. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2009.
Updated Feb 04, 2021 5:24 PM

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