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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Mumbi

Basic Info

Feature Name Mumbi
Clean Name Mumbi
Feature ID 14727
Target Rhea
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -1.90 °
Southmost Latitude -1.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 131.20 °
Westmost Longitude 131.20 °
Diameter 67.20 km
Center Latitude -1.90 °
Center Longitude 131.20 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jun 17, 2010
Continent Africa
Culture Kenya
Origin Mythological mother of the Kikuyu people (Kenya), wife of Gikuyu, the ancestor of the people, created by god Ngai, who took him on top of Kirinyaga (Mount Kenya) to show all the land given for him.
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Jun 17, 2010 1:33 PM

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