−42.00°
Aksentyeva · −42.00° (Venus)
Recorded
USGS / IAU Gazetteer Feature 138 Aksentyeva, Venus crater, Center Latitude −42.00°.
USGS Gazetteer Feature 138 Aksentyeva (Venus crater, IAU 1994) lists Center Latitude −42.00°, Center Longitude 271.90°, Diameter 42.50 km (POINT geometry). Named for Zinaida Aksentyeva, Soviet geophysicist and astronomer.
What it supports
Named planetary feature with Gazetteer-published −42.00° beyond Hinks Dorsum on Eros. Extends the Gazetteer 42.00° family to Venus (southern).
What it does not
Not diameter = 42 (diameter is 42.50 km; do not round). Not a dual-42 from latitude plus diameter. Not Adams. Not Hinks displaced.
ExactnessExact
Form42
Unitdegrees latitude
Strengthhard
When1994
Hung4 October 2026