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Planetary Names: Tessera, tesserae: Ananke Tessera on Venus

Ananke Tessera

Feature Name	Ananke Tessera
Clean Name	Ananke Tessera
Feature ID	250
Target	Venus
Feature Type	Tessera, tesserae
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	57.10 °
Southernmost Latitude	50.20 °
Easternmost Longitude	137.40 °
Westernmost Longitude	128.50 °
Diameter	1060.00 km
Center Latitude	53.30 °
Center Longitude	137.00 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((128.5 50.2, 137.4 50.2, 137.4 57.1, 128.5 57.1, 128.5 50.2)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Greek
Quad	v04 [pdf]
Reference	[27] - The Mythology of All Races (13 vols.), edited by John Arnott MacCulloch and George Foot Moore: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., New York, 1964.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1985
Origin	Greek goddess of necessity.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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