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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Caiwenji
Clean Name Caiwenji
Feature ID 963
Target Venus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -12.40 °
Southmost Latitude -12.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 287.60 °
Westmost Longitude 287.60 °
Diameter 22.60 km
Center Latitude -12.40 °
Center Longitude 287.60 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1994
Continent Asia
Ethnicity China
Origin Cai Yan; Chinese poet and musician (2nd-3rd century AD).
Reference [770] - Diasporic Histories: Cultural Archives of Chinese Transnationalism, edited by Deborah L. Madsen and Andrea Riemenschnitter. Hong Kong University Press. 2009. Pg. 118.
Updated Oct 24, 2023 6:41 PM
Additional Information Origin changed from "Chinese painter, calligrapher (907-960)" to "Cai Yan, Chinese poet and musician (2nd-3rd century AD)" on October 24, 2023. Mercury crater Ts’ai Wen-Chi is named for the same person, with spelling variant.

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