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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Auska Dorsum
Clean Name Auska Dorsum
Feature ID 478
Target Venus
Feature Type Dorsum, dorsa

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 61.10 °
Southmost Latitude 58.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 359.90 °
Westmost Longitude 355.80 °
Diameter 361.00 km
Center Latitude 59.90 °
Center Longitude 357.80 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Culture Lithuania
Origin Lithuanian goddess of sun rays.
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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