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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Kintaro on Ryugu
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Kintaro
Feature Name
Kintaro
Clean Name
Kintaro
Feature ID
15790
Target
Ryugu
Feature Type
Crater, craters
Coordinate System
Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network
Ryugu
Northernmost Latitude
13.20 °
Southernmost Latitude
-7.60 °
Easternmost Longitude
170.00 °
Westernmost Longitude
149.30 °
Diameter
0.17
km
Center Latitude
0.40 °
Center Longitude
157.80 °
WKT String
POINT (159.7 2.8)
Continent
Asia
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country
Japan
Quad
-
Reference
[491] - The Adventures of Kintaro, the Golden Boy, Ozaki, Y.T., in Japanese Fairy Tales. New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1908.
Approval Status
Adopted by IAU
Approval Date
Dec 19, 2018
Origin
‘Golden Boy’ in Japanese fairy tale, who grew up in the wild forests of Mount Ashigara and had a superhuman strength.
Last Updated
Apr 08, 2019 12:35 PM
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