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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Wende

Basic Info

Feature Name Wende
Clean Name Wende
Feature ID 14696
Target Rhea
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -56.30 °
Southmost Latitude -56.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 226.40 °
Westmost Longitude 226.40 °
Diameter 83.00 km
Center Latitude -56.30 °
Center Longitude 226.40 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 23, 2010
Continent Africa
Culture Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
Origin Mossi (Burkina Faso) supreme god who lives in the sun, creator of the heavens and earth.
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Apr 23, 2010 11:07 AM

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