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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Aranyani Chasma
Clean Name Aranyani Chasma
Feature ID 343
Target Venus
Feature Type Chasma, chasmata

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 72.00 °
Southmost Latitude 67.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 74.80 °
Westmost Longitude 72.90 °
Diameter 718.00 km
Center Latitude 69.30 °
Center Longitude 74.40 °
Quad v03 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Asia
Ethnicity India
Origin Indian forest 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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