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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Veleda Linea
Clean Name Veleda Linea
Feature ID 6343
Target Venus
Feature Type Linea, lineae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -6.00 °
Southmost Latitude -16.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 216.00 °
Westmost Longitude 208.00 °
Diameter 1350.00 km
Center Latitude -10.00 °
Center Longitude 213.00 °
Quad v39 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2003
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Celtic
Origin Warrior goddess of the continental Celts.
Reference [127] - Goddesses in World Mythology, by Martha Ann and Dorothy Myers Imel: ABC-CLIO, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA 1993.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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