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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Kaikara
Clean Name Kaikara
Feature ID 15443
Target Ceres
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 47.10 °
Southmost Latitude 38.55 °
Eastmost Longitude 228.45 °
Westmost Longitude 216.41 °
Diameter 72.00 km
Center Latitude 42.82 °
Center Longitude 222.43 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 04, 2015
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Uganda
Origin Konjo and Banyoro/Nyoro (Uganda) goddess of harvest.
Reference [174] - Guide to the Gods, by Marjorie Leach: ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, 1992.
Updated Feb 09, 2016 1:29 PM

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