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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Jyestha Tesserae
Clean Name Jyestha Tesserae
Feature ID 15863
Target Venus
Feature Type Tessera, tesserae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 66.86 °
Southmost Latitude 63.24 °
Eastmost Longitude 357.59 °
Westmost Longitude 329.22 °
Diameter 1252.00 km
Center Latitude 65.05 °
Center Longitude 343.41 °
Quad v07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 06, 2019
Continent Asia
Ethnicity India
Origin Indian goddess of inauspicious things; sister of Lakshmi.
Reference [127] - Goddesses in World Mythology, by Martha Ann and Dorothy Myers Imel: ABC-CLIO, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA 1993.
Updated Nov 06, 2019 3:08 PM

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