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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Bralgah
Clean Name Bralgah
Feature ID 15974
Target Bennu
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -36.45 °
Southmost Latitude -52.31 °
Eastmost Longitude 335.53 °
Westmost Longitude 313.78 °
Diameter 0.07 km
Center Latitude -44.36 °
Center Longitude 324.99 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 18, 2020
Continent Oceania
Ethnicity Australia
Origin In myths of Aboriginal Australian people of the Murray River basin, a crane, who tossed an egg from the nest of emu Dinewan into the sky where it became the sun.
Reference [611] - Australian Aboriginal Astronomy, by J.G. Griffin: Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 1923, Vol. 17, p.158.
Updated Feb 12, 2021 4:27 PM

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