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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Banumbirr Vallis
Clean Name Banumbirr Vallis
Feature ID 598
Target Venus
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -7.00 °
Southmost Latitude -7.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 4.00 °
Westmost Longitude 4.00 °
Diameter 400.00 km
Center Latitude -7.00 °
Center Longitude 4.00 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1997
Continent Oceania
Culture Australia
Origin Arnhemland word for planet Venus.
Reference [126] - The Astronomy of the Australian Aborigines, by Roslynn D. Haynes: in The Astronomy Quarterly, vol. 7, Pergamon Press, 1990.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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