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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Moira Tessera
Clean Name Moira Tessera
Feature ID 3948
Target Venus
Feature Type Tessera, tesserae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 59.00 °
Southmost Latitude 58.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 313.40 °
Westmost Longitude 307.50 °
Diameter 361.00 km
Center Latitude 58.70 °
Center Longitude 310.50 °
Quad v07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Culture Greek
Origin Greek fate goddess.
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.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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