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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mots Chasma
Clean Name Mots Chasma
Feature ID 4052
Target Venus
Feature Type Chasma, chasmata

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 54.10 °
Southmost Latitude 50.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 58.40 °
Westmost Longitude 54.50 °
Diameter 464.00 km
Center Latitude 51.90 °
Center Longitude 56.10 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Caucasus
Origin Avarian (Caucasus) moon goddess.
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Dec 30, 2008 2:26 PM

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