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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Tasheting

Basic Info

Feature Name Tasheting
Clean Name Tasheting
Feature ID 14733
Target Rhea
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -59.00 °
Southmost Latitude -59.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 55.50 °
Westmost Longitude 55.50 °
Diameter 60.80 km
Center Latitude -59.00 °
Center Longitude 55.50 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jun 17, 2010
Continent Asia
Culture Nepal
Origin Lapcha (Nepal) god who created the first man and woman from the ice of mountain glaciers.
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Jun 17, 2010 1:53 PM

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