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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Bers Patera
Clean Name Bers Patera
Feature ID 711
Target Venus
Feature Type Patera, paterae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -66.70 °
Southmost Latitude -66.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 183.00 °
Westmost Longitude 183.00 °
Diameter 17.00 km
Center Latitude -66.70 °
Center Longitude 183.00 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2000
Continent Europe
Culture Russia
Origin Sofya Andreyevna (Tolstaya); wife and copyist for Leo Tolstoy (1844-1919).
Reference [64] - Large Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 30 volumes: Sov. Entsikl., Moscow, 1969-1978 (in Russian).
Updated Dec 30, 2008 2:26 PM

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