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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mawu Corona
Clean Name Mawu Corona
Feature ID 3764
Target Venus
Feature Type Corona, coronae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 32.00 °
Southmost Latitude 31.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 243.10 °
Westmost Longitude 239.90 °
Diameter 295.00 km
Center Latitude 31.70 °
Center Longitude 241.30 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Benin
Origin Fon (Benin) goddess of fertility.
Reference [64] - Large Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 30 volumes: Sov. Entsikl., Moscow, 1969-1978 (in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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