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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ciinkwia Saxum
Clean Name Ciinkwia Saxum
Feature ID 15915
Target Bennu
Feature Type Saxum, saxa

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -2.85 °
Southmost Latitude -7.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 251.30 °
Westmost Longitude 247.63 °
Diameter 0.02 km
Center Latitude -4.97 °
Center Longitude 249.47 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 26, 2020
Continent North America
Ethnicity Algonquin
Origin Thunder-beings of Algonquian mythology (in particular Oklahoma Miami Nation) that live in the sky and cause thunder and lightning. They look like giant eagles, or as birds with a human head.
Reference [572] - Algonquian Spirit, Contemporary Translations of the Algonquian Literatures of North America, edited by Brian Swann: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and Lincoln, 2005.
Updated Mar 30, 2020 12:26 PM

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