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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Wangala Tholus
Clean Name Wangala Tholus
Feature ID 15453
Target Ceres
Feature Type Tholus, tholi

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -18.58 °
Southmost Latitude -24.67 °
Eastmost Longitude 9.96 °
Westmost Longitude 3.32 °
Diameter 50.00 km
Center Latitude -21.62 °
Center Longitude 6.64 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 14, 2015
Continent Asia
Culture India
Origin Garo people (Meghalaya and Assam states, NE India, and Bangladesh) post-harvest three-day festival that marks the end of the agricultural year (in November).
Reference [384] - Food Politics: Studying Food, Identity and Difference among the Garos, by Quinbala Marak. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
Updated Feb 09, 2016 5:49 PM

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