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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Kintaro

Basic Info

Feature Name Kintaro
Clean Name Kintaro
Feature ID 15790
Target Ryugu
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Ryugu
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 13.20 °
Southmost Latitude -7.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 170.00 °
Westmost Longitude 149.30 °
Diameter 0.17 km
Center Latitude 0.40 °
Center Longitude 157.80 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 19, 2018
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Japan
Origin ‘Golden Boy’ in Japanese fairy tale, who grew up in the wild forests of Mount Ashigara and had a superhuman strength.
Reference [491] - The Adventures of Kintaro, the Golden Boy, Ozaki, Y.T., in Japanese Fairy Tales. New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1908.
Updated Apr 08, 2019 12:35 PM

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