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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Tokoyo Fossa

Basic Info

Feature Name Tokoyo Fossa
Clean Name Tokoyo Fossa
Feature ID 15796
Target Ryugu
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


Ryugu
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -18.50 °
Southmost Latitude -76.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 250.20 °
Westmost Longitude 149.60 °
Diameter 0.56 km
Center Latitude -50.50 °
Center Longitude 166.20 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 19, 2018
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Japan
Origin Immortal world of Japanese mythology, eternal, timeless land across the sea or undersea kingdom, where the princess Otohime lives in the fairy tale about the fisherman Urashima.
Reference [493] - A Waka Anthology, vol. I: The Gem-Glistening Cup, translated by Edwin A. Cranston. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 1993.
Updated Apr 08, 2019 12:42 PM

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