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Planetary Names: Saxum, saxa: Kongamato Saxum on Bennu

Kongamato Saxum

Feature Name	Kongamato Saxum
Clean Name	Kongamato Saxum
Feature ID	15910
Target	Bennu
Feature Type	Saxum, saxa
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	6.85 °
Southernmost Latitude	3.20 °
Easternmost Longitude	68.15 °
Westernmost Longitude	64.46 °
Diameter	0.02 km
Center Latitude	5.03 °
Center Longitude	66.31 °
kml download	Kongamato Saxum.kml
Continent	Africa
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Zambia
Quad	-
Reference	[561] - Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, by George M. Eberhart. ABC-CLIO, 2002. P. 186.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Mar 26, 2020
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).
Last Updated	Mar 30, 2020 10:16 AM

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