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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Kongamato Saxum
Clean Name Kongamato Saxum
Feature ID 15910
Target Bennu
Feature Type Saxum, saxa

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 6.85 °
Southmost Latitude 3.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 68.15 °
Westmost Longitude 64.46 °
Diameter 0.02 km
Center Latitude 5.03 °
Center Longitude 66.31 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 26, 2020
Continent Africa
Culture Zambia
Origin Giant flying creature looking like bird or bat in myths of Kaonde, a Bantu-speaking people of NW Zambia and the adjacent areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire).
Reference [561] - Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, by George M. Eberhart. ABC-CLIO, 2002. P. 186.
Updated Mar 30, 2020 10:16 AM

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