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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Heqet Corona
Clean Name Heqet Corona
Feature ID 2462
Target Venus
Feature Type Corona, coronae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 8.10 °
Southmost Latitude 6.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 171.00 °
Westmost Longitude 168.00 °
Diameter 250.00 km
Center Latitude 7.00 °
Center Longitude 169.50 °
Quad v25 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2003
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Egypt
Origin Egyptian fertility goddess.
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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