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Feature ID	Feature Name	Clean Feature Name	Target	Diameter	Center Latitude	Center Longitude	Northernmost Latitude	Southernmost Latitude	Easternmost Longitude	Westernmost Longitude	Coordinate System	Continent	Ethnicity	Feature Type	Feature Type Code	Quad	Approval Status	Approval Date	Reference	Origin	Additional Info	Last Updated
15677	Hayabusa Terra	Hayabusa Terra	Pluto	1115.00	46.07	229.88	62.39	28.34	264.84	196.93	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Japan	Terra, terrae	TA	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[59]	Japanese Hayabusa (literally Peregrine Falcon) spacecraft that performed the first asteroid sample return (2003–2010).	None	Sep 15, 2017
15968	Pioneer Terra	Pioneer Terra	Pluto	598.00	56.58	192.40	69.62	43.54	214.71	170.08	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Terra, terrae	TA	-	Approved	Feb 03, 2021	[606]	Early US lunar, planetary, and heliospheric missions including the first to Jupiter and Saturn, 1958-1997.	None	Feb 09, 2021
15841	Vega Terra	Vega Terra	Pluto	1614.00	33.96	85.49	57.44	10.47	128.08	42.90	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	Soviet	Terra, terrae	TA	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[528]	A pair of the Soviet Union’s Vega 1 and Vega 2 spacecraft launched in 1984 that were the first ones to fly balloons on another planet (Venus, 1985) and then the first ones to image the nucleus of a comet (1P/Halley, 1986).	None	May 31, 2019
15840	Venera Terra	Venera Terra	Pluto	742.00	56.89	117.62	74.90	38.87	135.36	99.88	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	Soviet	Terra, terrae	TA	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[528]	Series of the Soviet Union’s 16 spacecraft sent to Venus in 1961–1983. The missions accomplished a number of firsts, including the first human made device to enter the atmosphere of another planet (Venera 3, 1966), to measure in situ atmosphere composition of another planet (Venera 4, 1967), to make a soft landing on another planet (Venera 7, 1970), and to return images from another planetary surface (Venera 9, 1975).	None	May 31, 2019
15969	Viking Terra	Viking Terra	Pluto	1171.00	12.34	150.97	39.06	-14.39	167.14	134.80	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Terra, terrae	TA	-	Approved	Feb 03, 2021	[606]	US Mars orbiter and landed missions that conducted the first successful explorations of the surface of Mars, 1976 to 1982.	None	Feb 04, 2021
15678	Voyager Terra	Voyager Terra	Pluto	843.00	60.08	153.52	77.01	36.67	176.54	129.36	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Terra, terrae	TA	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[59]	A pair of US-launched Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft that performed the “grand tour” of all four giant planets (1977-1989).	None	Sep 15, 2017

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