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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tushita Tesserae
Clean Name Tushita Tesserae
Feature ID 6150
Target Venus
Feature Type Tessera, tesserae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -39.00 °
Southmost Latitude -40.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 60.00 °
Westmost Longitude 47.00 °
Diameter 1400.00 km
Center Latitude -42.00 °
Center Longitude 54.00 °
Quad v45 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2000
Continent Asia
Ethnicity India
Origin Hindu deity of resignation to fate. Name changed from Hikuleo Tesserae.
Reference [131] - Zhenshchina v mifakh i legendakh (Woman in mythes and legends): Encyclopedic Dictionary, Komus Publishing, Tashkent, 1992 (in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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