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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Strix Saxum
Clean Name Strix Saxum
Feature ID 15886
Target Bennu
Feature Type Saxum, saxa

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 13.94 °
Southmost Latitude 12.85 °
Eastmost Longitude 88.65 °
Westmost Longitude 87.86 °
Diameter 0.01 km
Center Latitude 13.40 °
Center Longitude 88.26 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 31, 2020
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Roman vampiric bird of ill omen.
Reference [557] - Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, by Theresa Bane: McFarland and Company, Inc., Jefferson, 2016.
Updated Mar 12, 2020 12:45 PM

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