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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Aellopus Saxum
Clean Name Aellopus Saxum
Feature ID 15913
Target Bennu
Feature Type Saxum, saxa

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 26.02 °
Southmost Latitude 24.85 °
Eastmost Longitude 336.31 °
Westmost Longitude 335.02 °
Diameter 0.01 km
Center Latitude 25.44 °
Center Longitude 335.67 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 26, 2020
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Aello; Greek, one of the harpies (together with Celaeno and Ocypete), half-maiden and half-bird personification of storm winds, that would snatch and carry things away from Earth.
Reference [571] - The Library, by Pseudo-Apollodorus, (with an English translation by Sir James George Frazer), vol. 121 &122: Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press: London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1921.
Updated Mar 30, 2020 11:18 AM

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