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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mafdet Tessera
Clean Name Mafdet Tessera
Feature ID 3572
Target Venus
Feature Type Tessera, tesserae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 11.00 °
Southmost Latitude 7.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 39.00 °
Westmost Longitude 38.00 °
Diameter 370.00 km
Center Latitude 9.20 °
Center Longitude 38.50 °
Quad v21 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2003
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Egypt
Origin Egyptian goddess of judicial authority and executions.
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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