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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Xantippe
Clean Name Xantippe
Feature ID 6601
Target Venus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -10.90 °
Southmost Latitude -10.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 11.80 °
Westmost Longitude 11.80 °
Diameter 40.40 km
Center Latitude -10.90 °
Center Longitude 11.80 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent Europe
Culture Greek
Origin Wife of Socrates (5th century B.C.).
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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