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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Kaknú Fossa
Clean Name Kaknu Fossa
Feature ID 15852
Target Pluto
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


Pluto
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -29.37 °
Southmost Latitude -31.98 °
Eastmost Longitude 128.91 °
Westmost Longitude 115.22 °
Diameter 249.00 km
Center Latitude -30.45 °
Center Longitude 122.07 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 12, 2019
Continent North America
Ethnicity Ohlone
Origin Epic hero of the Chochenyo/Ohlone (N. California) mythology, an anthropomorphic being resembling a peregrine falcon, who traveled to the underworld to battle Wiwe (“Body of Stone”), the lord of the underworld.
Reference [537] - The Ohlone Past and Present: Native Americans of the San Francisco Bay Region, edited by Lowell John Bean: Ballena Press, Menlo Park, 1994, p. 106-111.
Updated Aug 12, 2019 10:54 AM

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