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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Heloise
Clean Name Heloise
Feature ID 2441
Target Venus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 40.00 °
Southmost Latitude 40.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 51.90 °
Westmost Longitude 51.90 °
Diameter 38.00 km
Center Latitude 40.00 °
Center Longitude 51.90 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1994
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin French physician, hospital founder (c. 1098-1164).
Reference [99] - Index to Women of the World, by N.O. Ireland: F.W. Faxon Co., Westwood, Mass., 1988 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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