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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Akasa Collum

Basic Info

Feature Name Akasa Collum
Clean Name Akasa Collum
Feature ID 16442
Target Arrokoth
Feature Type Collum, colli

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude
Southmost Latitude
Eastmost Longitude
Westmost Longitude
Diameter 9.00 km
Center Latitude 0.00 °
Center Longitude 0.00 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 17, 2025
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Bangladesh
Origin Word for 'sky' in Bengali (Bangla) and related languages.
Reference [730] - Samsad Bengali-English Dictionary, Sailendra Biswas, Digital Dictionaries of South Asia: https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/biswas-bengali_query.py?page=99
Updated Dec 17, 2025 5:09 PM
Additional Information Originally named Akasa Linea; name changed to Akasa Collum on December 17, 2025.

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