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Names Approved for Venus: Jyestha Tesserae and Istustaya Tesserae

7 November 2019 The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved two names for Venus: Jyestha Tesserae and Istustaya Tesserae. For more information, see the Venus maps V-7 and V-33 in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.

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