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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Kawelu Planitia
Clean Name Kawelu Planitia
Feature ID 2968
Target Venus
Feature Type Planitia, planitiae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 32.90 °
Southmost Latitude 29.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 271.30 °
Westmost Longitude 228.40 °
Diameter 3910.00 km
Center Latitude 32.80 °
Center Longitude 246.50 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Oceania
Culture Hawaii
Origin Hawaiian mythological heroine, died and brought back to life.
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.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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