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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nyakaya Fluctus
Clean Name Nyakaya Fluctus
Feature ID 16208
Target Venus
Feature Type Fluctus, fluctūs

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -40.53 °
Southmost Latitude -42.46 °
Eastmost Longitude 212.24 °
Westmost Longitude 209.07 °
Diameter 253.00 km
Center Latitude -41.41 °
Center Longitude 210.67 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date May 05, 2023
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Sudan
Origin Shilluk (Sudan) crocodile goddess, wife of the high god Okwe.
Reference [723] - Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines, by Patricia Monaghan: New World Library Publishing, Novato, California, 2014.
Updated May 05, 2023 9:24 PM

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