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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Upunusa Tholus
Clean Name Upunusa Tholus
Feature ID 6233
Target Venus
Feature Type Tholus, tholi

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 67.30 °
Southmost Latitude 65.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 253.10 °
Westmost Longitude 251.60 °
Diameter 223.00 km
Center Latitude 66.20 °
Center Longitude 252.40 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Indonesia
Origin Earth goddess of Leti and Babar (Southwestern islands, eastern Indonesia).
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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