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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Payne-Gaposchkin Patera
Clean Name Payne Gaposchkin Patera
Feature ID 4623
Target Venus
Feature Type Patera, paterae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -25.50 °
Southmost Latitude -25.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 196.00 °
Westmost Longitude 196.00 °
Diameter 100.00 km
Center Latitude -25.50 °
Center Longitude 196.00 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1997
Continent North America
Culture American
Origin Cecilia Helena; American astronomer (1900-1979).
Reference [99] - Index to Women of the World, by N.O. Ireland: F.W. Faxon Co., Westwood, Mass., 1988 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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