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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Uorsar Rupes
Clean Name Uorsar Rupes
Feature ID 6230
Target Venus
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 78.30 °
Southmost Latitude 74.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 357.20 °
Westmost Longitude 327.50 °
Diameter 820.00 km
Center Latitude 76.80 °
Center Longitude 341.20 °
Quad v01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Caucasus
Origin Adygan (Caucasus) goddess of hearth.
Reference [64] - Large Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 30 volumes: Sov. Entsikl., Moscow, 1969-1978 (in Russian).
Updated Dec 30, 2008 2:26 PM

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