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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Iaso Tholus
Clean Name Iaso Tholus
Feature ID 2631
Target Venus
Feature Type Tholus, tholi

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 5.30 °
Southmost Latitude 5.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 255.40 °
Westmost Longitude 255.20 °
Diameter 30.00 km
Center Latitude 5.20 °
Center Longitude 255.30 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2003
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Greek goddess of health, medicine, and recovery.
Reference [127] - Goddesses in World Mythology, by Martha Ann and Dorothy Myers Imel: ABC-CLIO, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA 1993.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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