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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Hunahpu Valles
Clean Name Hunahpu Valles
Feature ID 15842
Target Pluto
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Pluto
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 55.26 °
Southmost Latitude 42.92 °
Eastmost Longitude 161.36 °
Westmost Longitude 147.45 °
Diameter 295.00 km
Center Latitude 49.09 °
Center Longitude 154.41 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date May 30, 2019
Continent South and Central America
Culture Mayan
Origin One of the Hero Twins (with Xbalanque) in Mayan mythology, who defeated the lords of the Underworld in a ball game.
Reference [529] - Recovering the Word: Essays on Native American Literature, edited by Brian Swann and Arnold Krupat. University of California Press, 1987. (p. 491).
Updated May 31, 2019 4:41 PM

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