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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Norterma Tholus
Clean Name Norterma Tholus
Feature ID 4339
Target Venus
Feature Type Tholus, tholi

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -77.00 °
Southmost Latitude -77.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 188.00 °
Westmost Longitude 188.00 °
Diameter 15.00 km
Center Latitude -77.00 °
Center Longitude 188.00 °
Quad v62 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2000
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Tibet
Origin Tibetan wealth-giving goddess.
Reference [154] - Letter from Lisa Leghorn (Rigdzin Ling, Junction City, CA, USA) to Merton and Louise Davies, May 15, 1990.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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