Planetary Names

Basic Info

Feature Name	Mwindo Fossae
Clean Name	Mwindo Fossae
Feature ID	15833
Target	Pluto
Feature Type	Fossa, fossae

Location

Control Network
Pluto

Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	44.88 °
Southmost Latitude	25.68 °
Eastmost Longitude	253.49 °
Westmost Longitude	236.09 °
Diameter	406.00 km
Center Latitude	34.74 °
Center Longitude	245.78 °
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Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	May 30, 2019
Continent	Africa
Ethnicity	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Origin	Nyanga (Eastern Dem. Rep. Congo/Zaire) epic hero who travelled to the underworld and after returning home became a wise and powerful king.
Reference	[522] - The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga (Zaire), edited and translated by Daniel Biebuyck and Kahombo C. Mateeene: University of California Press, 1989.
Updated	May 31, 2019 3:57 PM

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