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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

Planetary Names: Tholus, tholi: Wurunsemu Tholus on Venus

Wurunsemu Tholus

Feature Name	Wurunsemu Tholus
Clean Name	Wurunsemu Tholus
Feature ID	6589
Target	Venus
Feature Type	Tholus, tholi
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	40.80 °
Southernmost Latitude	40.20 °
Easternmost Longitude	210.20 °
Westernmost Longitude	209.60 °
Diameter	83.00 km
Center Latitude	40.60 °
Center Longitude	209.90 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((209.6 40.2, 210.2 40.2, 210.2 40.8, 209.6 40.8, 209.6 40.2)))
Continent	Asia
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Turkey
Quad	v14 [pdf]
Reference	[64] - Large Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 30 volumes: Sov. Entsikl., Moscow, 1969-1978 (in Russian).
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1985
Origin	Hatti (proto-Hittite) sun goddess and mother of gods.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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