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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Oya Dorsa
Clean Name Oya Dorsa
Feature ID 4537
Target Venus
Feature Type Dorsum, dorsa

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 24.00 °
Southmost Latitude 17.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 160.00 °
Westmost Longitude 154.50 °
Diameter 480.00 km
Center Latitude 21.50 °
Center Longitude 157.50 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2003
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Nigeria
Origin Yoruba (Nigeria) goddess of violent rainstorms.
Reference [127] - Goddesses in World Mythology, by Martha Ann and Dorothy Myers Imel: ABC-CLIO, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA 1993.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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