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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Breksta Linea
Clean Name Breksta Linea
Feature ID 870
Target Venus
Feature Type Linea, lineae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 38.00 °
Southmost Latitude 33.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 307.40 °
Westmost Longitude 300.60 °
Diameter 700.00 km
Center Latitude 35.90 °
Center Longitude 304.00 °
Quad v18 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Lithuania
Origin Lithuanian night darkness goddess. (Name changed from Breksta Dorsa August 2004.)
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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