Whatitiri Corona

Whatitiri Corona
Feature typeCorona
LocationVenus
Diameter300 km
EponymMaori ancestor goddess, great mother.

Whatitiri Corona is a 300 km diameter corona on the surface of Venus, located at 83.00° South, and 140.00° East.[1][2] It neighbors a crater named Bickerdyke, and two fluctuses named Yagami, and Naunet.[3][4]

Its name derives after Maori ancestor goddess, great mother.[5] It was accepted by the IAU in the year 2000.[1] On Venus, coronae are named after fertility and earth goddesses.[4] It is the only corona which name starts with the letter "W".[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "VENUS - Whatitiri Corona". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Named Features on Venus". www.fourmilab.ch. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Hurston, V-62 Polar Stereographic projection" (PDF). Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Whatitiri Corona (Venus)". We Name The Stars. Inkleby. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "MORE NEW NAMES FOR THE FEATURES ON VENUS: A REVIEW OF THE 1999 PROGRESS" (PDF). Universities Space Research Association (USRA). Retrieved 10 July 2026.

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