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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Celaeno Saxum
Clean Name Celaeno Saxum
Feature ID 15914
Target Bennu
Feature Type Saxum, saxa

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 19.09 °
Southmost Latitude 17.74 °
Eastmost Longitude 336.16 °
Westmost Longitude 334.30 °
Diameter 0.01 km
Center Latitude 18.42 °
Center Longitude 335.23 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 26, 2020
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Greek, one of the harpies (together with Aellopus and Ocypete), half-maiden and half-bird personification of darkness and storm winds, that would snatch and carry things away from Earth.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Jun 10, 2020 8:48 PM

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