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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Target: Selam

Selam (Dinkinesh 1) is a natural satellite of Dinkinesh. Selam has two lobes. The Dinkinesh-facing proximal lobe is named Piękna Lobus, and the distal lobe is named Lẹwa Lobus. Selam means "peace" in the Amharic language. The satellite is named after the fossil remains of a three-year-old Australopithecus afarensis female hominin (the same species as the Lucy fossil) found in Dikika, Ethiopia in 2000.

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