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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Tuwale

Basic Info

Feature Name Tuwale
Clean Name Tuwale
Feature ID 14694
Target Rhea
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -78.00 °
Southmost Latitude -78.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 242.40 °
Westmost Longitude 242.40 °
Diameter 59.60 km
Center Latitude -78.00 °
Center Longitude 242.40 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 23, 2010
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Indonesia
Origin Ceram (Molucca Islands, Indonesia) sun god and personification of the sky, took part in creation.
Reference [236] - Dictionary of Creation Myths, by David Adams Leeming and Margaret Adams Leeming: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1994.
Updated Apr 23, 2010 11:03 AM

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