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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ben Dorsa
Clean Name Ben Dorsa
Feature ID 685
Target Venus
Feature Type Dorsum, dorsa

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 73.40 °
Southmost Latitude 69.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 290.00 °
Westmost Longitude 278.20 °
Diameter 628.00 km
Center Latitude 71.20 °
Center Longitude 284.10 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Asia
Culture Vietnam
Origin Vietnamese sky goddess.
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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