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Planetary Names: Tessera, tesserae: Laima Tessera on Venus

Laima Tessera

Feature Name	Laima Tessera
Clean Name	Laima Tessera
Feature ID	3238
Target	Venus
Feature Type	Tessera, tesserae
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	56.40 °
Southernmost Latitude	53.50 °
Easternmost Longitude	53.80 °
Westernmost Longitude	39.20 °
Diameter	971.00 km
Center Latitude	55.00 °
Center Longitude	48.50 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((39.2 53.5, 53.8 53.5, 53.8 56.4, 39.2 56.4, 39.2 53.5)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Latvia
Quad	v02 [pdf]
Reference	[64] - Large Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 30 volumes: Sov. Entsikl., Moscow, 1969-1978 (in Russian).
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1985
Origin	Latvian and Lithuanian goddess of fate.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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Laima Tessera

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