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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Homowo Regio
Clean Name Homowo Regio
Feature ID 15923
Target Ceres
Feature Type Regio, regiones

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 35.07 °
Southmost Latitude -2.09 °
Eastmost Longitude 269.93 °
Westmost Longitude 231.35 °
Diameter 360.00 km
Center Latitude 19.49 °
Center Longitude 249.78 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jul 29, 2020
Continent Africa
Culture Ghana
Origin Ga people (Ghana) harvest festival to celebrate all local crops. Celebrations begin in May and culminate in August.
Reference [579] - Thanksgiving and Other Harvest Festivals, by Ann Morrill, Chelsea House Publishers: New York, 2009.
Updated Aug 05, 2020 5:45 PM
Additional Information The feature is not visible on the current, publicly available basemap. The Gazetteer basemap will be updated when a public version of the enhanced color mosaic is made available.

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