In Athabaskan

Athabaskan languages

Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family...

 mythology, Asintmah is an earth and nature goddess

Goddess

A goddess is a female deity. In some cultures goddesses are associated with Earth, motherhood, love, and the household. In other cultures, goddesses also rule over war, death, and destruction as well as healing....

; the first woman on Earth.

Asintmah Corona

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union

International Astronomical Union

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's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (IAU/WGPSN) officially adopted the name Asintmah for a corona

Corona (planetary geology)

In planetary geology, a corona is an oval-shaped feature. Coronae appear on both the planet Venus and Uranus's moon Miranda and may be formed by upwellings of warm material below the surface.-Coronae on Venus:...

 on the planet Venus

Venus

Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...

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Asintmah Corona is located at latitude 25.9° North, longitude 208.0° West. The diameter of this surface feature is 150 km (93.2 mi).

External links

• IAU/WGPSN Planetary Feature Nomenclature Database, USGS Branch of Astrogeology, Flagstaff, Arizona
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