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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Momotaro
Clean Name Momotaro
Feature ID 15791
Target Ryugu
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Ryugu
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -5.00 °
Southmost Latitude -25.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 60.90 °
Westmost Longitude 40.20 °
Diameter 0.19 km
Center Latitude -12.50 °
Center Longitude 51.90 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 19, 2018
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Japan
Origin ‘Peach Boy’ in Japanese fairy tale, who came to Earth inside a giant peach and once undertook a journey to fight horned ogres in a distant island.
Reference [492] - The Adventures of Little Peachling, in: Tales of Old Japan by A. B. Mitford, vol. I. London: Macmillan and Co., 1871.
Updated Apr 08, 2019 12:39 PM

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