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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Usiku Cavus
Clean Name Usiku Cavus
Feature ID 15703
Target Mars
Feature Type Cavus, cavi

Location


MDIM 2.1
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -10.90 °
Southmost Latitude -11.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 264.10 °
Westmost Longitude 263.40 °
Diameter 42.00 km
Center Latitude -11.20 °
Center Longitude 263.70 °
Northmost Latitude -10.90 °
Southmost Latitude -11.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 95.90 °
Westmost Longitude 96.60 °
Diameter 42.00 km
Center Latitude -11.20 °
Center Longitude 96.30 °
Quad mc17 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 06, 2017
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Swahili
Origin Swahili word for night.
Reference [450] - Swahili-Engilsh, English-Swahili Dictionary, by Nicholas Awde: Hippocrene Books, 2002.
Updated Nov 06, 2017 3:59 PM

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