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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Wheatley
Clean Name Wheatley
Feature ID 6532
Target Venus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 16.60 °
Southmost Latitude 16.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 268.00 °
Westmost Longitude 268.00 °
Diameter 74.80 km
Center Latitude 16.60 °
Center Longitude 268.00 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1994
Continent North America
Culture American
Origin Phillis; first black writer of note in America (1753-1784).
Reference [99] - Index to Women of the World, by N.O. Ireland: F.W. Faxon Co., Westwood, Mass., 1988 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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