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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Megwomets
Clean Name Megwomets
Feature ID 15519
Target Ceres
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 41.13 °
Southmost Latitude 31.96 °
Eastmost Longitude 152.19 °
Westmost Longitude 140.26 °
Diameter 78.70 km
Center Latitude 36.54 °
Center Longitude 146.22 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 16, 2016
Continent North America
Ethnicity Yurok
Origin Yurok (California, USA) dwarf god of acorns and the distributor of vegetal abundance.
Reference [174] - Guide to the Gods, by Marjorie Leach: ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, 1992.
Updated Sep 16, 2016 9:00 AM

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