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Planetary Names: Tessera, tesserae: Manzan-Gurme Tesserae on Venus

Manzan-Gurme Tesserae

Feature Name	Manzan-Gurme Tesserae
Clean Name	Manzan Gurme Tesserae
Feature ID	3645
Target	Venus
Feature Type	Tessera, tesserae
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	45.60 °
Southernmost Latitude	33.00 °
Easternmost Longitude	357.00 °
Westernmost Longitude	0.70 °
Diameter	1354.00 km
Center Latitude	39.00 °
Center Longitude	359.50 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((357 33, 0.7 33, 0.7 45.6, 357 45.6, 357 33)))
Continent	Asia
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Tibet
Quad	v19 [pdf]
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.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1985
Origin	Ancestress who possesses the book of fate in Mongol, Tibetan, Buriat mythologies.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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Manzan-Gurme Tesserae

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