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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Tawa

Basic Info

Feature Name Tawa
Clean Name Tawa
Feature ID 14692
Target Rhea
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 17.90 °
Southmost Latitude 17.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 175.20 °
Westmost Longitude 175.20 °
Diameter 62.20 km
Center Latitude 17.90 °
Center Longitude 175.20 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 23, 2010
Continent North America
Culture Hopi
Origin Hopi (Arizona, USA) sun god who existed at the beginning of creation, father of everything.
Reference [236] - Dictionary of Creation Myths, by David Adams Leeming and Margaret Adams Leeming: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1994.
Updated Apr 23, 2010 11:00 AM

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