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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ratumaibulu
Clean Name Ratumaibulu
Feature ID 15667
Target Ceres
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -66.20 °
Southmost Latitude -68.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 80.60 °
Westmost Longitude 74.50 °
Diameter 20.00 km
Center Latitude -67.30 °
Center Longitude 77.50 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 25, 2017
Continent Oceania
Ethnicity Fiji
Origin Fijian serpent god of agriculture and the underworld. He makes the breadfruit and other fruit trees blossom and yield fruit.
Reference [437] - The Islanders of the Pacific: Or, the Children of the Sun, by Sir Thomas Reginald St. Johnston; Appleton, 1921.
Updated Aug 25, 2017 11:43 AM

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