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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mlezi
Clean Name Mlezi
Feature ID 15640
Target Ceres
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 78.40 °
Southmost Latitude 73.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 234.10 °
Westmost Longitude 213.30 °
Diameter 41.50 km
Center Latitude 75.90 °
Center Longitude 223.20 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 11, 2017
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Malawi
Origin Name of god Tilo as “Food-Giver” (Tonga tribes of Malawi and Zambia).
Reference [174] - Guide to the Gods, by Marjorie Leach: ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, 1992.
Updated Aug 11, 2017 2:01 PM

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