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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rind Corona
Clean Name Rind Corona
Feature ID 5151
Target Venus
Feature Type Corona, coronae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 8.50 °
Southmost Latitude 7.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 248.30 °
Westmost Longitude 247.10 °
Diameter 140.00 km
Center Latitude 8.20 °
Center Longitude 247.50 °
Quad v28 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2003
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Norse
Origin Norse "Earth's Winter Queen," personification of the frost-covered Earth.
Reference [83] - Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols (in 3 vols.), by Gertrude Jobes: Scarecrow Press, Inc., New York, 1962.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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