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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name [Sand Patera]
Clean Name Sand Patera
Feature ID 6901
Target Venus
Feature Type Patera, paterae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 41.80 °
Southmost Latitude 41.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 16.40 °
Westmost Longitude 14.60 °
Diameter 181.00 km
Center Latitude 41.70 °
Center Longitude 15.50 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Dropped, disallowed
Approval Date 1991
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin George (Aurore Dupin); French novelist (1804-1876). Name changed to Sand Corona.
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Mar 01, 2007 1:57 PM

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