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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Huginn Saxum
Clean Name Huginn Saxum
Feature ID 15883
Target Bennu
Feature Type Saxum, saxa

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -24.46 °
Southmost Latitude -35.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 47.78 °
Westmost Longitude 38.71 °
Diameter 0.05 km
Center Latitude -29.77 °
Center Longitude 43.25 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 31, 2020
Continent Europe
Culture Norse
Origin Norse, one of the two ravens (together with Muninn) accompanying the supreme god Odin.
Reference [556] - The Prose or Younger Edda, Commonly Ascribed to Snorri Sturluson, Translated From the Old Norse by George Webbe Dasent, Stockholm, Norstedt and Sons, London: William Pickering, 1842.
Updated Mar 12, 2020 12:43 PM

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