• Fluctus is a small genus of east Asian corinnid sac spiders. It was first described by C. Jin and F. Zhang in 2020, and it has only been found in China...
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    Prometheus Patera or Masubi Fluctus. Lava flows use the descriptive term fluctus or the plural fluctūs, e.g. Acala Fluctus. Volcanic depressions use the...
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    faculae are named after archipelagos on Earth. The term "fluctus" refers to flow terrain. Fluctūs on Titan are named after mythological figures associated...
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    Kanehekili Fluctus is a lava flow field on Jupiter's moon, Io. This fluctus (terrain covered by outflow of liquid, used on Venus, Io and Titan) is located...
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    names chosen by the New Horizons team. A Fluctus is a terrain covered by outflow of liquid. Plutonian fluctūs are named after travellers to the underworld...
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    /ˈflɛksəs/ Very low curvilinear ridge with a scalloped pattern FE Fluctus, fluctūs /ˈflʌktəs/, /flʌkˈtuːs/ Terrain covered by outflow of liquid. Used...
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  • mythological figures associated with fire or with the nymph Io. Latin sg. fluctus and pl. fluctūs are spelled and pronounced the same in English USGS: Io nomenclature...
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    Patera, Camaxtli Patera, and another region which is now considered Sobo Fluctus. An important discovery was Io's lack of impact craters, meaning it is...
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  • Arubani Fluctus 55.0S 132.0E 620.0 1997 Urartu supreme goddess. Bolotnitsa Fluctus 50.0N 160.0E 1,100.0 1997 E.Slavic swamp mermaid. Cavillaca Fluctus 72.0S...
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    Latin, possibly the precursor to the modern expressions, Excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo ut dicitur Gratidius, translated: "For Gratidius raised a tempest...
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