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Feature Name
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Target |
Diameter |
Center Latitude
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Center
Longitude |
Feature Type
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Approval Date
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Origin |
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| Hayabusa Terra | Pluto | 1115.00 | 46.07 | 229.88 | Terra, terrae | Aug 08, 2017 | Japanese Hayabusa (literally Peregrine Falcon) spacecraft that performed the first asteroid sample return (2003–2010). |
| Pioneer Terra | Pluto | 598.00 | 56.58 | 192.40 | Terra, terrae | Feb 03, 2021 | Early US lunar, planetary, and heliospheric missions including the first to Jupiter and Saturn, 1958-1997. |
| Vega Terra | Pluto | 1614.00 | 33.96 | 85.49 | Terra, terrae | May 30, 2019 | A pair of the Soviet Union’s Vega 1 and Vega 2 spacecraft launched in 1984 that were the first ones to fly balloons on another planet (Venus, 1985) and then the first ones to image the nucleus of a comet (1P/Halley, 1986). |
| Venera Terra | Pluto | 742.00 | 56.89 | 117.62 | Terra, terrae | May 30, 2019 | Series of the Soviet Union’s 16 spacecraft sent to Venus in 1961–1983. The missions accomplished a number of firsts, including the first human made device to enter the atmosphere of another planet (Venera 3, 1966), to measure in situ atmosphere composition of another planet (Venera 4, 1967), to make a soft landing on another planet (Venera 7, 1970), and to return images from another planetary surface (Venera 9, 1975). |
| Viking Terra | Pluto | 1171.00 | 12.34 | 150.97 | Terra, terrae | Feb 03, 2021 | US Mars orbiter and landed missions that conducted the first successful explorations of the surface of Mars, 1976 to 1982. |
| Voyager Terra | Pluto | 843.00 | 60.08 | 153.52 | Terra, terrae | Aug 08, 2017 | A pair of US-launched Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft that performed the “grand tour” of all four giant planets (1977-1989). |
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