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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Fossey
Clean Name Fossey
Feature ID 1998
Target Venus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 2.00 °
Southmost Latitude 2.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 188.70 °
Westmost Longitude 188.70 °
Diameter 30.40 km
Center Latitude 2.00 °
Center Longitude 188.70 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1994
Continent North America
Ethnicity American
Origin Dian; American zoologist, conservationist (1932-1985).
Reference [89] - Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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