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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Homshuk
Clean Name Homshuk
Feature ID 15405
Target Ceres
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 15.50 °
Southmost Latitude 6.96 °
Eastmost Longitude 98.29 °
Westmost Longitude 89.83 °
Diameter 70.00 km
Center Latitude 11.23 °
Center Longitude 94.06 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Oct 01, 2015
Continent North America
Culture Popoluca
Origin Popoluca (S. Mexico) spirit of corn (maize).
Reference [372] - Native Peoples of the Gulf Coast of Mexico, ed. by Alan R. Sandstrom and Enrique Hugo Garcia Valencia: Univ. Arizona Press, 2005.
Updated Feb 09, 2016 1:03 PM

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