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Planetary Names: Eruptive center: Kanehekili on Io

Kanehekili

Feature Name	Kanehekili
Clean Name	Kanehekili
Feature ID	2915
Target	Io
Feature Type	Eruptive center
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	-17.46 °
Southernmost Latitude	-17.46 °
Easternmost Longitude	33.36 °
Westernmost Longitude	33.36 °
Diameter	0.00 km
Center Latitude	-17.46 °
Center Longitude	33.36 °
WKT String	POINT (326.6396822110001 -17.46130740699994)
Northernmost Latitude	-18.21 °
Southernmost Latitude	-18.21 °
Easternmost Longitude	33.61 °
Westernmost Longitude	33.61 °
Diameter	0.00 km
Center Latitude	-18.21 °
Center Longitude	33.61 °
WKT String	POINT (326.39 -18.20999999995525)
Continent	Oceania
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Hawaii
Quad	-
Reference	[147] - Hawaiian Mythology, by Martha Beckwith: University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1970.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1997
Origin	Hawaiian thunder god.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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