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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Salme Dorsa
Clean Name Salme Dorsa
Feature ID 5284
Target Venus
Feature Type Dorsum, dorsa

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 60.10 °
Southmost Latitude 56.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 27.80 °
Westmost Longitude 25.60 °
Diameter 447.00 km
Center Latitude 58.00 °
Center Longitude 25.20 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent Europe
Culture Estonia
Origin Estonian sky maiden.
Reference [64] - Large Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 30 volumes: Sov. Entsikl., Moscow, 1969-1978 (in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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