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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Turi Tholus
Clean Name Turi Tholus
Feature ID 6142
Target Venus
Feature Type Tholus, tholi

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -66.90 °
Southmost Latitude -66.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 222.30 °
Westmost Longitude 222.30 °
Diameter 15.00 km
Center Latitude -66.90 °
Center Longitude 222.30 °
Quad v59 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2000
Continent Oceania
Ethnicity Polynesia
Origin Polynesian goddess, created islands' relief.
Reference [131] - Zhenshchina v mifakh i legendakh (Woman in mythes and legends): Encyclopedic Dictionary, Komus Publishing, Tashkent, 1992 (in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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