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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tlanuwa Regio
Clean Name Tlanuwa Regio
Feature ID 15890
Target Bennu
Feature Type Regio, regiones

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -9.00 °
Southmost Latitude -66.72 °
Eastmost Longitude 300.26 °
Westmost Longitude 223.13 °
Diameter 0.30 km
Center Latitude -37.86 °
Center Longitude 261.70 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 31, 2020
Continent North America
Ethnicity Cherokee
Origin Cherokee (Southeast USA), giant birds who scattered the Earth with pieces of serpent which turned into standing pillars of rocks.
Reference [562] - Native American Legends of the Southeast: Tales from the Natchez, Caddo, Biloxi, Chickasaw, and Other Nations, 5th ed., by George E. Lankford, University of Alabama Press, 2011.
Updated Mar 12, 2020 12:30 PM

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