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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Taranga Corona
Clean Name Taranga Corona
Feature ID 5866
Target Venus
Feature Type Corona, coronae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 16.50 °
Southmost Latitude 16.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 251.50 °
Westmost Longitude 251.50 °
Diameter 525.00 km
Center Latitude 16.50 °
Center Longitude 251.50 °
Quad v28 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1994
Continent Oceania
Ethnicity Society Is.
Origin Polynesian fertility goddess.
Reference [111] - The Book of Goddesses and Heroines, by P. Monaghan: Llewellyn Publications, St. Paul, Minn., 1990.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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