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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Nishanu

Basic Info

Feature Name Nishanu
Clean Name Nishanu
Feature ID 14679
Target Rhea
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -9.00 °
Southmost Latitude -9.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 129.00 °
Westmost Longitude 129.00 °
Diameter 103.40 km
Center Latitude -9.00 °
Center Longitude 129.00 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 23, 2010
Continent North America
Ethnicity Arikara
Origin Arikara (N. Dakota, USA) creation spirit, great sky chief.
Reference [236] - Dictionary of Creation Myths, by David Adams Leeming and Margaret Adams Leeming: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1994.
Updated Apr 23, 2010 8:54 AM

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